Creedence Clearwater Revival

I'm lookin for a reason to stay. I'm all wound up and tied in knots today. I'm lookin for a reason not to go. When the morning comes, Ill be on my way. Evry night I ask myself again Just what it was that made our dream begin. It seemed like a good idea way ba...

I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin. I see bad times today. Chorus: Dont go around tonight, Well, its bound to take your life, There's a bad moon on the rise. I hear hurricanes ablowing. I know the end is comi...

Seven Thirty Seven comin' out of the sky. Oh! Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride, I wanna move. Playin' in a Travelin' Band. Yeah! Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, try'in' to get a hand, Playin' in a Travelin' Band. Take me to the hotel, Ba...

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself You say I've been buying another woman clothes But you've been talking to someone else I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago I called your mama 'bout thre...

CHORUS: Bootleg, Bootleg; Bootleg, Howl. Bootleg, Bootleg; Bootleg, Howl. Take you a glass of water Make it against the law. See how good the water tastes When you can't have any at all. CHORUS Findin' a natural woman, Like honey to a bee. But you...

Now, when I was just a little boy, Standin' to my Daddy's knee, My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you Do what he done to me." 'Cause he'll get you, 'Cause he'll get you now, now. And I can remember the fourth of July, Runnin' through the backwo...

Ev'ry day I'm gonna strut that stuff. When the music's loud I can't get enough. Singin' hi, singin' hi, Come on feet, Teach yourself to move. People shuff'lin' up and down again. Unhappy faces ain't gonna get you in. Singin' hi, singin' hi, Come on people, Te...

What would you have me do? Just turn and walk out on you, and leave you standing there pretending I don't care? When you know as well as I, that would be nowhere Shouldn't I be with you? Shouldn't I be with you? What would you have me say, after I walk away?...

You took me runnin' up a wrong way street. When we got there, you said, "Can't you read ?" I must be blind, but now and then I see Another number where mine used to be. CHORUS: You keep on changin' your face, like a Chameleon. You keep on changing your...

Traffic in the city turns my head around. No, no, no, no, no. Backed up on the freeway, backed up in the church, Ev'rywhere you look there's a frown, frown. Com, commotion, Git, git, git, gone. Com, commotion, Git, git, git, gone. People keep atalkin', they...

When I was a little pretty baby my mama would rock me in the cradle In them old Cotton Fields back home It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texascana In them old Cotton Fields back home Oh, when them cotton balls get ripin` You can pick very...

I went down to the station, just to take a ride. I went down to the station, just to take a ride. Found myself on a flatcar, yesterday behind. Pullin' out from the platform, there was no brass band. I pulled out from the platform, nobody raised a hand. A...

Who will take the coal from the mine? Who will take the salt from the earth? Who'll take a leaf and grow it to a tree? Don't Look Now, it ain't you or me. Who will work the field with his hands? Who will put his back to the plough? Who'll take the mount...

Find me out awalkin', time the whistle starts acallin', Maybe stoppin' early, knockin' at your door. Take so long to answer, Lord knows it ain't the milkman Could be stoppin' early, sellin' Door To Door. Here's my latest sample; like to show you how to us...

Early in the evening just about supper time, Over by the courthouse they're starting to unwind Four kids on the corner trying to bring you up Willy picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp Down on the corner, out in the street, Willy and the Poorboys are...

Last night I saw a fire burning on The palace lawn. O'er the land The humble subjects watched in mixed Emotion. CHORUS: Who is burnin'? Who is burnin'? Effigy. Who is burnin'? Who is burnin'? Effigy. Last night I saw the fire spreadin' to The pa...

Hey, look over yonder out in the rain, Soakin' wet fever in my brain. Now, I ain't certain which way to go, But I got to move, sure. CHORUS: Feelin' Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. Feelin' Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. Feelin' Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue...

Some folks are born made to wave the flag, ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief", oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no f...

Well, Get Down Woman, before I have to go Well, Get Down Woman, before I have to go You know, ya hurt me with your bad mouth An' I just don't wanna know Well, slow down, baby, and gimme a little time Well, slow down, baby, and gimme a little time If you want m...

Some people laugh in the dark Some people cry alone Some people talk without sayin' a thing And ev'rything turns out Gloomy Some people count your money Someone is countin' your days And Somebody got to keep track of your mind When ev'rything turns out Gloomy...

Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball. Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball. When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call. From the early early mornin' till the early early night You can see Miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue...

On the highway, Thirty people lost their lives. On the highway, Thirty people lost their lives. Well, I had some words to holler, And my Rosie took a ride. In the moonlight, See the Greyhound rollin' on. In the moonlight, See the Greyhound rollin' on. Fl...

Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yeah. Let me remember things I love, Stopping at the log where catfish bite, Walking along the river road at night, Barefoot girls dancing in the moonlight. I can hear the bullfrog calling me. Wonder if my...

Someone told me long ago theres a calm before the storm, I know; its been comin for some time. When its over, so they say, itll rain a sunny day, I know; shinin down like water. I want to know, have you ever seen the rain? I want to know, have you ever seen...

I said "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye heart, Sweet Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you I knew Mary Lou, We'd never part So Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye heart." Passed me by one sunny day, flashed those big brown eyes my way And oo I wanted you forever more I'm not one tha...

Hey, Tonight, Gonna be tonight, Don't you know I'm flyin' Tonight, tonight. Hey, c'mon, Gonna chase tomorrow Tonight, tonight. Gonna get it to the rafters, Watch me now. Jody's gonna get religion All night long. Hey, c'mon, Gonna hear the sun Tonight, tonig...

Howdy, friend, beggin' your pardon, Is there somethin' on your mind? You've gone and sold all your belongings, Is that something in your eye? Well, I know you really never Liked the way it all goes down; Go on, Hideaway. What's that you say? We're al...

Ooh, bet you wonderin' how I knew 'bout your plan to make me blue With some other guy that you knew before Between the two of us guys, you know, I love you more It took me by surprise, I must say when I found out yesterday Ooh, I heard it through the grapev...

I put a spell on you Because youre mine. You better stop The things that youre doin. I said watch out! I ain't lyin, yeah! I ain't gonna take none of your Foolin around; I ain't gonna take none of your Puttin me down; I put a spell on you Because you're mine....

Oh, It Came Out Of The Sky, landed just a little south of Moline. Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't b'lieve what he seen. Laid on the ground and shook, fearin' for his life. Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It Came Out Of The Sky." Well, a...

It's just a thought But I've noticed somethin' strange, Gettin' harder to explain; All the years are passin' bye and bye, Still I don't know what makes it go; Who said to wait and you'll see? It's just a thought But I wondered if you knew That the son...

Jeremiah was a bullfrog, he was good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said But I helped him drink his wine He always had some mighty fine wine, sing it Joy to the world, all the boys and girls now Joy to the fishiest in the deep blue sea And...

CHORUS: Keep on Chooglin' Keep on Chooglin' Keep on Chooglin' Chooglin', Chooglin'. Maybe you don't understand it. But if you're a natural man, You got to ball and have a good time And that's what I call Chooglin'. Here comes Mary lookin' for Harry,...

Just about a year ago, I set out on the road, Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold. Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune. Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again. Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I...

Put a candle in the window cause I feel I've got to move Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon Long as I can see the light Pack my bag and let's get movin' cause I'm bound to drift a while When I'm gone, gone, you don't have to worry long Long as...

CHORUS: I'm lookin' for a reason to stay. I'm all wound up and tied in knots today. I'm lookin' for a reason not to go. When the morning comes, I'll be on my way. Ev'ry night I ask myself again Just what it was that made our dream begin. It seemed like...

Just got home from illinois, lock the front door, oh boy Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin' Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin high' heels Look at all...

CHORUS: Moli-i-i-i-na, where you goin' to ? Moli-i-i-i-na, where you goin' to ? She's daughter to the mayor, Messin' with the sheriff, Drivin' in a blue car, She don't see no red light. CHORUS She's comin' in the mornin' Lookin' a disaster, Drivin' in the p...

Yes, my baby left me, never said a word Was it something I done, something that she heard? You know, she left me, my baby left me My baby even left me, never said a word But I stand at my window, wring my hands and cry I hate to lose that woman, hate to say...

The sun came up and pushed away the clouds. Stumbled back to my room, really don't know how. I won't wake up 'til this afternoon, Been out walkin' all night again. Stranger here try'n' to have fun. Far from home; it's just begun. CHORUS: Give out the w...

I got to have all your love, night and day. Not just a little part, but all of your heart, sugar. Chorus: Ninety-nine and a half just won't do Oh, no, no, just won't get it Don' t be led in the wrong direction To start this thing off right, a man need a littl...

Hey baby, jump over here When you do the ooby dooby I gotta be there Ooby dooby, ooby dooby, ooby dooby, ooby dooby Ooby dooby, ooby dooby, ooby dooby, ooby dooby Wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Well, you wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right You do th...

Pagan Baby, won't you walk with me ? Pagan Baby, Come on home with me. Pagan baby, Take me for a ride. Roll me, baby, Roll your big, brown eyes. Pagan Baby, Let me make your name. Drive it, baby, Drive your big love game. Pagan baby, What you got, I nee...

Now, if I was a bricklayer, I wouldn't build just anything; And if I was a ball player, I wouldn't play no second string. And if I were some jew'lry, baby; Lord, I'd have to be a diamond ring. If I were a secret, Lord, I never would be told. If I were...

(at the very faint beginning:) Poorboy Shuffle. OK. Is it workin'? You heard it. Ha Ha Ha! Hey Rooster! Hey, Rooster! (laughter) HEY! (instrumental) 

It's been an awful long time since I been home But you won't catch me goin' back down there alone Things they said when I was young are quite enough to get me hung I don't care! I don't care! They came and took my Dad away to serve some time But it was me that...

Left a good job in the city, Workin' for The Man ev'ry night and day, And I never lost one minute of sleepin', Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been. CHORUS: Big wheel keep on turnin', Proud Mary keep on burnin', Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river....

Move down the road, I go There's mud in the water Roach in the cellar, bugs in the sugar Mortgage on the home, mortgage on the home There's garbage on the sidewalk Highways in the back yard, police on the corner Mortgage on the car, mortgage on the car Move...

Whoa, thought it was a nightmare Lord, it was so true They told me 'don't go walkin' slow', the devil's on the loose' Better run through the jungle, better run through the jungle Better run through the jungle, whoa, don't look back to see Thought I heard a r...

Lock the door, sun's a fallin'. Poke the fire, don't let the cold in. Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life. Found a boat to make the break in. Filled with hope 'bout the step I'm takin'. Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life. Spent...

Woke up early feelin' light, (Shame, it's a shame.) Somebody got to me last night, (Shame, it's a shame.) Sat down for a friendly duel, (Shame, it's a shame.) With one-eyed jacks 'n' jokers, too, (Shame, it's a shame.) CHORUS: Ooh, sailor man, (Shame, it...

When the sky is gray And the moon is hate I'll be down to get you. Roots of earth will shake. CHORUS: Sinister Purpose Knockin' at your door; Come and take my hand. Burn away the goodness; You and I remain. Did you see the last war? Well, here I a...

First thing I remember was askin papa, why? , For there were many things I didnt know. And daddy always smiled; took me by the hand, Sayin, someday youll understand. Well, Im here to tell you now each and every mothers son You better learn it fast; you better...

Oh Susie Q, Oh Susie Q, Oh Susie Q, baby I love you, Susie Q. I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk, I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk, Susie Q. You say that you'll be true, You say that you'll be true, You say that you'll be true,...

Was Ridin' along side the highway, rollin' up the country side. Thinkin' I'm the devil's heatwave, what you burn in your crazy mind? Saw a slight distraction standin' by the road; She was smilin' there, yellow in her hair; Do you wanna, I was thinkin', wou...

Big wheels keep on turning Carry me home to see my kin Singing songs about the Southland I miss Alabamy once again And I think it's a sin, yes Well I heard mister Young sing about her Well, I heard ole Neil put her down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A...

If maybe you'd move over, Gave someone else a chance to try their luck; Instead, you run up closer, Try'n to grab a page before they close the book. CHORUS: It was over 'fore it started, seemed so long when we began Hope you take it like a friend. It's...

Playin' a pavilion on the outskirts of town, Playin' where my roller derby rolls. Just a part time music man, A nobody at the plant, I'm Tearin' Up The Country with a song. Mom and Papa told me "Son, you gotta go to school; Only way to make the fam'ly pr...

Well, you wake up in the mornin', you hear the work bell ring, And they march you to the table to see the same old thing. Ain't no food upon the table, and no pork up in the pan. But you better not complain, boy, you get in trouble with the man. CHORUS:...

You know the night time, oh, is the right time To be with the one you love. I said the night time, ooh, is the right time To be with the one you love. I said the night time, ooh, is the right time To be with the one you love. Baby, I said a baby, Baby, c...

You know, the night-time (wah-do-day), Oh, is the right time (wah-do-day) To be (wah-do-day) With the one you love (wah-do-day). I said the night-time (wah-do-day), Oh, is the right time (wah-do-day) To be (wah-do-day) With the one you love (wah-do-day)...

Well, I was born on a Sunday; On Thursday I had me a job I was born on a Sunday; By Thursday I was workin' out on the job I ain't never had no day off since I learned right from wrong Mama said I was bad, I did something to her head Mama said I was bad, I did...

Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path. Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path. Ev'ry time I get some good news, Ooh, There's a shadow on my back. Saw the gypsy man, 'way down in San Berdoo. Said, I saw the gypsy man, 'way down in San Berdoo....

Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky Oh, won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride? I wanna move Playin in a travelin' band, yeah Well, I'm flyin' cross the land, tryin' to get a hand Playin' in a travelin' band Take me to the hotel, baggage g...

There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' Just as fast as my feet can fly Come away, come away if you're goin' Leave the sinkin' ship behind Come on the risin' wind We're goin' up around the bend, ooh Bring a song and a smile for the banjo Better get while th...

Late last night, I went for a walk Down by the river near my home Couldn't believe, with my own eyes And I swear I'll never leave my home again I saw a man walking on the water Coming right at me from the other side Calling out my name; "Do not be afraid." Fee...

When you are alone, You come back cryin' and you want to go home; For someone forgettin' it seems Like you're lettin' it take you away from me. Was your idea to pack up and go. You said you had no life of your own. Movin' in was not too hard to do. Ya...

Long as i remember the rain been comin' down Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun And I wonder, still i wonder who'll stop the rain I went down Virginia, seekin' shelter from the storm Caught up in...

Met myself a comin' county welfare line. I was feelin' strung out, Hung out on the line. Saw myself a goin', down to war in June. All I want, All I want is to write myself a tune. CHORUS: Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone, Wrote a song for truth. Wrote A Song...