Lyrics for singles by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q Baby I love you
Suzie 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
Suzie Q

Oh say that youll be true
Oh say that youll be true
Oh say that youll be true and never leave me blue
Suzie Q

Oh say that youll be mine
Oh say that youll be mine
Oh say that youll be mine Baby all the time
Suzie Q

Oh, Suzie Q
Oh, Suzie Q
Oh, Suzie Q, Baby, I love you
Suzie 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
Suzie Q

I Put a Spell on You

I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
You better stop
The things that you're 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
All right!

Proud Mary

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

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of 'pane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry 'cause you have [if you got] no money
People on the river are happy to give

Born On The Bayou

Now, when I just was a little boy
Standin to my Daddy's knee
My poppa said "Son, don't let the man get you
And do what he done to me."


I can remember the fourth of July
Runnin' through the backwood bare
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Born on the Bayou
Born on the Bayou
Born on the Bayou

Wish I was back on the Bayou
Rollin' with some Cajun Queen
Wishin' I where a fast freight train
Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans
Born on the Bayou
Born on the Bayou
Born on the Bayou

I can remember the fourth of July
Runnin' through the backwood bare
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Bad Moon Rising

I see the bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricanes ablowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
All right!

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

Lodi

Just about a year ago
I set out on the road
Seekin my fame and fortune
Lookin for a pot of gold
Thing got bad things got worse
I guess you will know the tune
Oh ! Lord Stuck in Lodi again

Rode in on the Greyhound
Ill be walkin out if I go
I was just passin through
Must be seven seven months or more
Ran out of time and money
Looks like they took my friends
Oh ! Lord Im stuck in Lodi again

The man from the magazine
Said I was on my way
Somewhere I lost connections
Ran out of songs to play
I came into town, a one night stand
Looks like my plans fell through
Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again

If I only had a dollar
For evry song Ive sung
And evry time I had to play
While people sat there drunk
You know, Id catch the next train
Back to where I live
Oh ! Lord, Im stuck in a Lodi again
Oh ! Lord, Im stuck in a Lodi again

Green River

Well, take me back down
Where cool water flows, yeah
Let me remember things I love
Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite
Walkin' along the river road at night
Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight
I can hear the bullfrog callin' me
Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree
Love to kick my feet 'way down the shallow water
Shoefly, dragonfly, get back t'your mother
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River
Welllllll!

Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, oh
With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers
Old Cody, Junior took me over
Said, "You're gonna find the world is smould'rin'
And if you get lost come on home to Green River."

Welllllll!
Come on home

Down on the Corner

Early in the evenin'
just about supper time
over by the court house
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 poor boys are playin'
bring a nickel
tap your feet

Rooster hits the washboard
and people just got smile
Blinky thumps the gut bass
and solos for a while
Poorboy twangs the rythm out
on his kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance
and doubles on kazoo

Down On The Corner
out in the street
Willy and the poor boys are playin'
bring a nickel
tap your feet

Down On The Corner
out in the street
Willy and the poor boys are playin'
bring a nickel
tap your feet

You don't need a penny
just to hang around
but if you've got a nickel
won't you lay your money down?

Over on the corner
there's a happy noise
People come from all around
to watch the magic boy

Fortunate Son

Some folks are born
made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, whit and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
they point the cannon right at you

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 fortunate one

Some folks are born
silver spoon in hand
Lord don't they help themselves
But when the tax man comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale

It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son
It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

Some folks inherit
star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war
And when you ask them
"How much should we give?"
They only answer "More! More! More!"

It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

Travelin' Band

Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky
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 gone oh well
Come on come on won't you get me to my room
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

Listen to the radio talkin' 'bout the last show
Someone got excited, had to call the state militia
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

Here we come again on a Saturday night
With your fussin' and your fightin' won't you get me to the rhyme
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

Won't you give myself a hand?

Who'll Stop The Rain

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 the fable I watched the tower grow
Five year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder: who'll stop the rain?

Heard the singers playin', how we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together tryin' to keep warm
Still the rain kept pourin', fallin' on my ears
And I wonder, still I wonder: who'll stop the rain?

Up Around the Bend

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

Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
Better get while the gettin's good
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood

[chorus]

You can ponder perpetual motion
Fix your mind on a crystal day
Always time for a good conversation
There's an ear for what you say

[chorus]

Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me

[chorus]

Run Through The Jungle

Oh thought it was a nightmare
Though it come so true

They told me don't go walking slow
The devil's on the loose

Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Don't look back to see

Thought I heard a rumbling
Calling to my name

Two hundred million guns are loaded
Satan cries take aim

Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Don't look back to see

Over on the mountain Thunder magic spoke
Let the people know my wisdom
Fill the land with smoke

Lookin' Out My Back Door

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 the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician
Doo doo doo Lookin' out my back door

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows

Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm
I know
It's been comin' for some time
When it's over so they say It'll 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 the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day

Yesterday and days before sun is cold and rain is hard
I know
Been that way for all my time
'Til forever, on it goes Through the circle, fast and slow
I know
It can't stop, I wonder

Hey Tonight

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, tonight

Gonna get it to the rafters
Watch me now
Jody's gonna get religion
All night long

Aaaah!
Hey, tonight
Gonna be tonight
Don't you know I'm flyin'
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight