John Fogerty

[fox69]

"Lodi"
(with Shane Fogerty and Tyler Fogerty)

"Lodi"
(with Shane Fogerty and Tyler Fogerty)



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 go
I was just passin' through
Must be seven months or more
Ran out of time and money
Looks like they took my friends
Oh, Lord, I'm 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 ev'ry song I've sung
Ev'ry time I've had to play
While people sat there drunk
You know, I'd catch the next train
Back to where I live
Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again
Oh, Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again

 

[fox69]

"Lonely Teardrops"

"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 ho-oo-oh-oo-oh-ome,
Just say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will.

[CHORUS]
[CHORUS]

Say you will, say you will. Hey, hey you! Ooh-oo-ooh,
Come on and say that you will, oh say you will,
Yeah, yeah, hey. Oh yes, yes.

Well I been good to you baby, better than I been to myself,
Well I been good to you darlin', better than I been to myself,
I want you to say, say you come on, come on,
I want you to say Lord, say that you'll come on.

Yeah, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, come on, come on, hey come on,
I ain't lyin' to you darlin',
Oh you gotta do it, come on, come on, come on, yeah, yeah.

 

[fox69]

"Long As I Can See The Light"
(with My Morning Jacket)

"Long As I Can See The Light"
(with My Morning Jacket)



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 I can see the light.

Guess I've got that old trav'lin' bone, 'cause this feelin' won't leave me alone.
But I won't, won't be losin' my way, no, no
'Long as I can see the light.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

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.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.

 

[fox69]

"Long Dark Night"

"Long Dark Night"


Georgie's in the jungle
Knockin' on the door
Come to get your children
Wants to have a war

Come on
Lord you'd better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done

Brownie's in the outhouse
Katrina on the line
Government's a disaster
But Georgie, he says it's fine

Come on
Lord you'd better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done

Rummie's in the kitchen
Messin' with the pans
Dickie's in the back
Stealin' everything he can

Come on
Lord you'd better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done

You better run
You better run
Lord you better run
Lord you better run

Runnin' down the highway
Shoutin' to the Lord
Georgie's got religion
And you know we can't
Afford more years

Come on
Lord you'd gotta run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done

 

[fox69]

"Longshot"

"Longshot"


Well I ain't no doctor
And I ain't no nurse
I ain't no lawyer babe
Nothin' could be worse

I ain't got no 'ristocrats
A-hangin' in my tree
So tell me little momma
Why you messin' with me

Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin' like a longshot baby to me

I don't walk with the president
I don't mess with the prime
I ain't got no big shots babe
Workin' for me overtime

I can see you're sophisticated
A-with your goody-two shoes
So tell me are you're slummin' babe
I got nothin' to lose

Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin' like a longshot baby to me
Well

Well I ain't no sinner
An' I ain't no saint
I ain't no hypocrite babe
'Cept most every day

I ain't got no religion
A-cloudin' up my brain
So tell me little mama
Why you jumpin' my claim

Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin' like a longshot baby to me

Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin' like a longshot baby to me
Yeah

 

[fox69]

"Lookin' Out My Back Door"

"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.
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.
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.
Doo, doo, doo,
Lookin' out my back door.

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.
Doo, doo, doo,
Lookin' out my back door.

 

[fox69]

"Moody River"

"Moody River"


Moody river more deadly than the natalest night
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life.

Last Saturday evening I came to the old oak tree
That stands beside the river where you were to meet me.

On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me
It read : 'Dear love, I've done you wrong, now I must set you free'.

No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin
I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend.

Moody river more deadly than the natalest night
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life.

I looked into the muddy water and what could I see ?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just looking back at me.

Tears in his eyes and the prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love was at his fingertips.

Moody river more deadly than the natalest night
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life.

Moody river more deadly than the natalest night
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life.

 

[fox69]

"Mr. Greed"

"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 a devil of consumption; I hope you choke, Mr. Greed.

[CHORUS:]
How do you get away with robbin'? Did your mother teach you how?
I hear you got away with murder, did you do your mama proud?

Mr. Greed, why you got to take more than you can ever use?
Bring 'em to their knees; isn't it enough just to win while they lose?
You bring no honor to the game, you feast upon the blood and pain,
But the bones you hoard can only bring you shame.
There's corruption in your path, be that your epitaph, Mr. Greed.

[CHORUS]

 

[fox69]

"Mystic Highway"

"Mystic Highway"


Lately I begin to wonder,
How's it all gonna end.
After all the flash and thunder,
Then it’s gone with the wind.

All the stars in the heavens,
They been there to light my way.
Without knowin’ where I’m going,
Probably get there anyway.

Mystic highway that I’m on
Ooh ooh, take me home
Mystic highway that I ramble
Ooh ooh take me home.

This old road has been my lifeline,
My companion and my friend.
Like a rope around the universe,
Ain’t no beginning, ain’t no end.

Out across the constellations,
There’s a place behind the sun.
Everything is connected,
Everything and everyone.

Mystic highway that I’m on
Ooh ooh, take me home
Mystic highway that I ramble
Ooh ooh take me home.

Down by the river on Saturday night,
Everybody waiting for a good time.
Smooth city slickers and loaded dice,
Take your money in a pig's eye.
Rain gonna fall, sun gonna shine,
Ain't no worry in my mind.
Big wheel rollin' cross the sky,
Ain't no worry in my mind.

All the stars that I'm under,
Know the way I feel tonight.
All the miles I've been travellin'
Headin' back to the light.

Mystic highway that I’m on
Ooh ooh, take me home
Mystic highway that I ramble
Ooh ooh take me home
Ooh ooh take me home.
Yeah!

 

[fox69]

"Natural Thing"

"Natural Thing"


Well the flower was made for beauty
And the bee was made to sting
All around this world
Honey it's a natural thing

It can shake the high and mighty
Bring a strong man to his knees
All around this world
Honey it's a natural thing

When a man gets up in the morning
He got to find that tiger to tame
All around this world
You know it's a natural thing

But a man alone ain't nothin'
Every Tarzan needs a Jane
All around this world
Honey it's a natural thing

Well the little girls lookin' so pretty
They make a poor man feel like a king
All around this world
Honey it's a natural thing

It drive a man to cross the desert
Or risk his life on a stormy sea
All around this world
Yeah it's a natural thing

Well the flower was made for beauty
And the bee was made to sting
All around this world
Honey it's a natural thing
All around this world
Honey it's a natural thing