John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American United States rock Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and as a #1 solo recording artist. He was born in Berkeley, California and is the younger brother of Tom Fogerty. He attended El Cerrito High School along with the other members of CCR Creedence Clearwater Revival . [read more] - Rambunctious Boy
My oh my I'm a restless guyGot a home everywhere I goWell I ain't good lookin'And I ain't so smartBut baby I'm a sensitive guyI ain't done everything there is to doBut I'll damn sure give it a tryI'm a lookin'I'm a...
- Blueboy
Way back in the hillsThere's a ploace I knowPeople comes from miles aroundJust to watch 'ol Dooley do the showOoh let the blueboy playOoh let the blueboy playGonna ride the muleGonna chase him tooPullin' on-a pullin'...
- Blue Moon Nights
Help me fellasI'm feelin' kind-a weakThe way I'm livin' just ain't rightI need somebody t' watch over meAll my blue moon nightsI want a girl to take me by the handFollow me right down the lineHold me gently while we...
- Joy Of My Life
I tiptoed in the roomI know you got to have your restShe says, "Come lay beside me,I've been waitin' since you left"She's sweet to meMust be the luckiest man aliveAnd did I tell you babyYou are the joy of my lifeFirst...
- Hot Rod Heart
Ooh, let's go ridin'Cruisin' down the open roadWe can put the top downListen to the radioBig ol' BuickAnd a big ol' skyWheels on fireAnd I'll tell you whyI got a hot rod heartOoh, let's go prowlin'Sneakin' like we...
- Bring It Down To Jelly Roll
Well, if you wantTo ease your mindYou just go onTake it to the riverWhen you're downWell, that's alrightYou just bring it down to jelly rollWe're gonna runA-jump and shoutWe're gonna slideWay back in the...
- Rattlesnake Highway
It may look easyWhen you look at meBut it took years of effortTo become the mess that you seeNow what kind of womanTake you for a rideDown the rattlesnake highwayAn' leave you busted up insideAll busted up...
- Swamp River Days
Two-laneShinin' in the july dustHeat risin' off the roadOut in front of my truckPulled my pick-up over the hillDown the slide gravel through the cat-tailsGive me those swamp river days againSat down in the shade of a...
- A Hundred And Ten In The Shade
Way out there in the cottonSun beatin' down so hardSweat rollin' of this shovelDiggin' in the devil's boneyardSure like a cool drink of waterSoft rag to soothe my faceSure like a woman to talk to in this placeIt's a...
- Bad Bad Boy
Bad bad boyYou're drivin' me crazyBad bad boyShame on youShame on youWhere you been all nightMessin' with your friendsYou act so meanAnd you talk so funnyThere you go againBad bad boyYou won't amount to nothin'Bad bad...
- Walking In A Hurricane
Shadows fallin' in my roomGhost riders dancin' on the moonNight is closin' in againClutchin' to my tremblin' bedCall your name 'til I'm out of my headWalkin' the backstreetsLookin' for cluesI got to get you backIf...
- Southern Streamline
Mama I'm On FireOld FlameSweet DesireComin' On The MidnightComin' On The Midnight TrainRollin' Steel And ThunderBring My Baby Back AgainRoll On Down The LineBig Wheels Rollin' Right On TimeHear That Wistle Blowin'Hear...
- Wasn't That A Woman
Ooh!Wasn't that a woman! [x4]Oh, yeah!(Wasn't that a woman) Took me by surprise,(Wasn't that a woman) Uh-huh, right between the eyes.(Wasn't that a woman) Well, I hope to believe,(Wasn't that a woman) Made a schoolboy...
- Knockin' On Your Door
Oh babe I wonder, just how we ever,Got so far apart;And it seems like just the other day we were happy,Holdin' hands in the dark.Here I'm standin' out in the rain,With a heart full of pain.Chorus:Baby here I am,...
- Violence Is Golden
[Chorus:]Violence, (oh no!) is golden. Aa-aa-aa-aa-ah!Violence, (oh no!) is golden. Aa-aa-aa-aa-ah!Pass another plate of shrapnel, Sprinkle it with TNT;Gotta have another grenade salad, Split it with your enemy.Gotta...
- Soda Pop
Chorus:Soda Pop, Soda Pop, Everybody want to make it to the top. (X4)[Chorus]Take a million dollars, baby, Put it in my hand;Put my favorite retouched photo On the soda can.Put my face on television, Say my name a...
- Change In The Weather
Aaah!Chorus:Change in the weather, change in the weather,Somethin's happenin' here.Change in the weather, change in the weather,People walkin' round in fear.Uh huh, you better duck and run,Get under cover 'cause the...
- Headlines
Yeah, hey! What you talkin' about?I read it in the paper today,Two cats howlin' 'til the break of day.Up on the back fence, they're makin' a play;One stepped across the line, The other blew him away.Up in the morning,...
- Sail Away
Mama, come look quick There's a light up in the sky;I see the silent ship, And it's calling you and I;And if you listen close, The reasons all come clear;I'm ready now to go, There's nothing left to fear.Oh there's...
- Eye Of The Zombie
Hoo! Oooooh!Shadows on the mountain, And the night begins to fall;Gather up the children, 'Fore the darkness takes us all.Tribe has come together, Standin' *** against the night;Twenty feet from the fire, The evil...
- Fortunate Son
Some folks are bornmade 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...
- The Passage
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- Toxic Dermatology
Room sixty-sevenSteps cross the corridorsLights set off and darkness-throughSmell of blood, painful screamsSilhouette of the nurseShows in the unlighted doorIn mares you see your scabbed skinShes dissecting off so...
- 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.Chorus:Big wheel keep on turnin'Proud Mary keep on...
- Suzie Q
Oh, Susie Q, Oh, Susie QOh, Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie QI like the way you walkI like the way you talkI like the way you walk I like the way you talk, Susie QWell, say that you'll be truewell, say that you'll be...
- Who'll Stop The Rain
Long as I remember The rain been comin' down.Clouds of myst'ry 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,...
- Androgen Society
I see you locked in a concentrate cellby the human will and desiresrestricted within surmounting wallswearing chains in which a million diedBiting psychotopylurking in the darknessseparated on twoKilling...
- Premonition
I got a feelin' way down insideI can't shake it, no matter how I tryYou can't touch it, you just knowThe earth is gonna shake And the wind is gonna blowWell that's all rightThis premonition is killin' meBut that's all...
- Sick & ***
The human sea is laughingthe creation of curse is doneWhen abyss will show no mercywhen the cross is upside-downUpon all natural lawswe kneel and pray in sorrowTowards the justice of skya sword is risen...
- Travelin' Band
Seven Thirty Seven comin' out of the sky.Oh! Won't you take me down to Memphis On a midnight ride,I wanna move.[Chorus:]Playin' in a Travelin' Band. Yeah!Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, Try'in' to get a hand,Playin'...
- I Put A Spell On You
I put a spell on youBecause you're mineYou better stopThe things that you're doin'I said "Watch out!I ain't lyin', yeah!I ain't gonna take none of yourFoolin' aroundI ain't gonna take none of yourPuttin' me downI put...
- Bad Moon Rising
I see a bad moon a-rising.I see trouble on the way.I see earth quakes and lightnin'.I see bad times today.Don't go 'round tonightit's bound and take your life,there's a bad moon on the rise.I hear hurricanes...
- The Descension
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- Annihilation Of The Pentecostal
Leave your death be my satisfactionsacrificing thee to god of carnivorous greedMy wisdom is thy flesh when Christ becomes your enemyburning times are flowing in eternal warsAbomination of spiritual harmonyRise your...
- 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 youAnd do what he done to me."I can remember the fourth of July,Runnin' through the backwood bare.And I can still...
- Down On The Corner
Early in the evenin',just about supper time,over by the court housethey'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 Cornerout in...
- 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...
- Old Man Down The Road
He take the thunder from the mountainHe take the lightning from the skyHe bring the strong man to his bended kneeHe make the young girls mama cryYou got to hidey-hideYou got to jump and runYou got to hidey...
- Deja Vu All Over Again
Did you hear ?em talking ?bout it on the radio?Did you try to read the writing on the wall?Did that voice inside you say I?ve heard it all beforeIt?s like déjà vu all over again.Day by day, I hear the voices...
- Rock And Roll Girls
Sometimes I thinkLife is just a rodeoThe trick is to rideAnd make it to the bellBut there is a placeSweet as you will ever knowIn music and loveAnd things you never tellYou see it in their faceSecrets on the...
- Rockin All Over The World
Well, here we are and here we are and here we go.Water born and we're hittin' the road.Here we go rockin' all over the world.A giddy-up, a giddy-up and get away,we're going crazy and we're going today.Here we go...
- Wicked Old Witch
Well way down younderin the deep blue hollerYeah way back in the swampwhere the snakes go crawlin'Shriveled old ladywith a tombstone mouthScarin' up troubleat the haunted houseChorusFlyin' 'cross the moon on a big ol'...
- Workin' On A Building
I'm workin' on a building, I'm workin' on a building,I'm workin' on a building, For my Lord, for my Lord.If IIIIIIIIIIIIII were a drunkard, Tell you what I'd do,I'd quit my drinkin', And work on a building...
- You're The Reason
I lay here at night, toss and I turn, Lovin' you so, how my heart yearns,Honey, you're the reason I don't sleep at night.A-justa walkin' the floor, thinkin' of you, Smoke cigarettes, and drink all day too,Honey,...
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
When I was young And in my prime (in my prime!),I left my home in Caroline.Now all I do is sit and pine, For all those folks I left behind.I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, And I sat right here to say,"My grip is...
- She Thinks I Still Care
Just because I asked a friend about her, Just because I spoke her name somewhere,Just because I dialled her number By mistake today, she thinks I still care.Just because I haunt the same old places, Where the memory...
- I Ain't Never
Wellllllll, I ain't never, I ain't never, seen nobody like you,No no never, have I ever, Seen nobody like you-oo-oo.You call me up, say you'll meet me at nine,I have to hurry, hurry, but I'm there on time,I walk right...
- Have Thine Own Way, Lord
Have thine own way, Lord, have thine own way,Thou art the potter, I am the clay,Mold me and make me, fester thy will,While I am waiting, gilded and still.Have thine own way, Lord, have thine own way,Search me and try...
- Today I Started Loving You Again
[Chorus:]Well, today I started lovin' you again,I'm right back where I've really always been.I got over you just long enough, To let my heartache mend,Then today, I started lovin' you again.What a fool I was to think...
- Somewhere Listening (For My Name)
Ohhhh, when He calls my nameI will ah-ah-a-answerWhen He calls, calls me, yeah,I will ah-ah-a-answerWhen He calls my nameI will ah-ah-a-answerWanna be somewhereYeah Lord, call my name!I wanna be somewhere, LordYeah...
- California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
I'm goin' to California, where they sleep out every night, yeah.I'm goin' to California, where they sleep out every night, yeah.I'm leavin' you, Mama, 'cause you know you don't treat me right.Let me tell you...
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh.Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.Chorus:Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet...
- Please Help Me I'm Falling
Chorus:Please help me, I'm fallin' in love with you,Close the door to temptation, don't let me walk through,For I shouldn't want you, but darlin' I do.Please help me, I'm fallin' in love with you.Please help me, I'm...
- Hearts Of Stone
Well, hearts of stone Will never break,And the love you give, It just won't take.You can 'em "Please, please, Please, please break,"And all your love is their's to take.Well, hearts of stone, Will cause you...
- Flyin' Away
Well I feel like flyin' away, Cause more and more I'm just in the way, yeah.Through the night, And far across the sky,There's another light, You know I must fly.Far, far away.Well I feel it now, somehow in me, The...
- Where The River Flows
Where the river flows, Where the river flows.I was walkin' the main road, Comin' into town,I came upon a stranger, Lying on the ground.He said "I been in prison, And now I'm on the run,I'm feelin' kinda weary, Gotta...
- Lonely Teardrops
Chorus:Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?Lonely teardrops, come home, Come ho-oo-oh-oo-oh-ome,Just say you will, say you will. Say you will! Ah, yeah![Chorus]Yeah, yeah, yeah.Oh, oh, oh, come...
- The Wall
Well thunder, lightning, Strike me down, I do believe I see,A ghostly figure on the ground, Fallen to his knees.Chorus:And the wall gets higher, So you could not see,I said the wall gets higher, So you could not...
- Travelin' High
Here come that good ol' travelin' band Once again mmm-hmmmBack in the alley, lookin' like A long-lost friend, oh yeah.I know for certain there won't be no jive,We're back in business, And you know I can fly, fly,...
- You Rascal You
Now I'll be glad when you're dead, You rascal you, uh-huh.I'll be glad when you're dead, You rascal you, oh yeah.Well I let into my home, You gonna leave my woman alone,I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal...
- Dream Song
Would you like to sail the sea, Like a pirate, wild and free?Cast your whole life upon the wind, Well it's your song, and it's your dream.Would you like, to turn the page; Fight the dragon, or find your maid,Makin'...
- Almost Saturday Night
Outside my window, I can hear the radio,And I know that motor wagon is ready to fly,'Cause it's almost Saturday night.Bye bye, tomorrow, Jody's gone to the rodeo,And you know some good old boys are ready to...
- Sea Cruise
Now Old Man Rhythm is in my shoes, It's no use sittin' here singin' the blues,So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose, Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?Ooowee, ooowee baby, ooowee, ooowee baby,Ooowee, ooowee...
- Don't Tell Me No Lies
No No No No No No Don't tell me no liesNo No No No No No Don't tell me no liesCause I don't want to hear themI don't want to hear themNo No No No No No Don't tell me no liesNo No No No No No Don't make me feel badNo...
- Brown-Eyed Girl
Let me tell you people about Something I have foundI got me a brand new baby Because her eyes are brownDon't get yourself a blue eyed girl Because she just won't doGreen eyes be the same thingThey be the death of youI...
- Fragile Child
I knew a pretty little girlWith no love to giveI wouldn't do that, I wouldn't do thatSo I followed her homeJust to see where she livesI wouldn't do that, I wouldn't do thatI walked right upAnd I knocked on her doorI...
- Little Girl (Does Your Mama Know)
Little Girl does your mama know you're out tonightAnd if she did would she die of frightJust to know you're out with meLittle girl do you think that I'm a foolAnd if you do does it change your mindOr will you love me...
- You Better Be Careful
You better be careful girl you're all aloneYou better be careful girl you're on your ownI see the tears begin there in your eyesYou better be carefull girl I'm telling yougirl a thing or twoMaybe I'll find the time...
- Porterville
But you won't catch me goin' Back down there aloneThings they said when I was youngAre quite enough to get me hungI don't care! I don't care!They came and took my dad away To serve some timeBut it was me that paid The...
- Fight Fire
Oh fight fire Oh fight fireWhen you tell me a lie girlIt don't make me cry girlI gotta fight fire with fireOh fight fire Oh fight fireYou know that I need you girlI tried to believe you girlBut I gotta fight fire with...
- You Got Nothin' On Me
I'm hope tell to you that You better stay out of my wayThere ain't a man alive to beat meAnd that's why I'm here to stayYou may be something But you got nothing on meYou know just for fun I wrassled with a grizzly...
- You Can't Be True
I'm gonna leave you babyIn the morning I'll be goneLike a song at the endCause you begin to irritateI just can't waitI pack my bags what a dragGonna leave this place you're ugly faceYou're midnight creepin' And the...
- Call It Pretending
What would you have me doJust turn and walk out on youAnd leave you standing therePretending I don't careWhen you know as well as IThat would be nowhereShouldn't I be with youWhat would you have me sayAfter I walk...
- Where You Been
Where you been, Where you been little girlDon't be afraid I won't tellI wanna know but I worry soWhere you been, Where you been, Where you beenWhat'd you do, What'd you do little girlIf it was bad I don't careJust let...
- Walking On The Water
Late last nightI went for a walkDown by the river, near my homeCouldn't believeWith my own eyesAnd I swear I'll never Leave my home againI saw a man walking on the waterCalling out my name, Do not be afraidFeet began...
- You Came Walking
When you came walking down the streetI felt my poor hart skip a beatWhy did you say that we were throughWhy do you treat me like you doYou said you found another guyYou never even told me whyI thought you'd never be...
- I Can't Help Myself
My oh my, what's a guy to do?The time is right, Time to make a moveThis is hard to take, I can hardly wait!I can't help myself.Pins and needles, Nervous alley catI can't sit down, I'm burnin' up the trackLike a...
- I Saw It On TV
They sent us home to watch the show comin' on the little screen;A man named Ike was in the White House, big black limousine;There were many shows to follow, from 'Hooter' to 'Doodyville',Though I saw them all, I can't...
- Centerfield
Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out todayWe're born again, there's new grass on the fieldRoundin' third, and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome manAnyone can understand the way I...
- Searchlight
Chorus:Oh the midnight, need a searchlight.Oh the midnight, need a searchlight.I walk along the rocky shore, The place I lost myself;I search the water, look in the sky, I hear the cries for help.I trace my footsteps...
- Vanz Kant Danz
(Original title: Zanz Kant Danz)Chorus:Vanz can't dance, But he'll steal your money,Watch him or he'll rob you blind. (X 4)[Chorus]Out in the street a crowd is gatherin',Pushed down by the heat of the building,...
- Mr. Greed
Mr. Greed, why you got to own Everything that you see?Mr. Greed, why you put a chain on Everybody livin' free?You're hungerin' for his house, You're hungerin' for his wife,And your appetite will never be denied.You're...
- Big Train (From Memphis)
When I was young, I spent my summer days Playin' on the track.The sound of the wheels rollin'Oon the steel took me out, took me back.[Chorus:]Big Train from Memphis, Big Train from Memphis,Now it's gone gone gone,...
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