John Fogerty Lyrics I-R
I AIN'T NEVER
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF
I CONFESS
I SAW IT ON TV
JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU)
KNOCKIN' ON YOUR DOOR
LEAVE MY WOMAN ALONE
LONELY TEARDROPS
MARCHIN' TO BLARNEY
MR. GREED
MY TOOT TOOT
THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD
ON THE RUN
PLEASE HELP ME, I'M FALLING
RICOCHET
ROCK AND ROLL GIRLS
ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD
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 up and knock on your door,
The landlord says "She ain't here no more."
CHORUS:
I ain't never, oh darlin', seen nobody like you-oo-oo,
But I love ya, yeah I love ya, I love you just the same.
Well, you tell me things that you don't mean,
You got me livin' in a haunted dream,
You make me do things, I don't wanna do,
My friends they stay away, but what's so wrong with you?
CHORUS:
I love you just the same.
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (J.C. Fogerty)
My oh my, what's a guy to do?
The time is right, time to make a move;
This is hard to take, I can hardly wait!
I can't help myself.
Pins and needles, nervous alley cat;
I can't sit down, I'm burnin' up the track;
Like a runaway truck, I just gotta buck;
I can't help myself.
CHORUS:
There's a whirlwind up ahead, so spread the news;
I can't be late, I gotta break, I feel like bustin' loose!
I can't help myself.
My oh my, ride the wild stampede;
I can't let go, I can't control the speed;
I'm chompin' at the bit, and it's too late to quit!
I can't help myself.
CHORUS
I can't help myself, I can't help myself.
This is hard to take, I can hardly wait!
I can't help-a-my, I can't help-a-my, I can't help-a-myself.
I want the world to know (I want the world to know)
I want the world to know (I want the world to know)
Yeah! (Yeah!) Yeah! (Yeah!) Yeah! (Yeah!)
That I (You!), that I (You!), that IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! (Aaaaaaaaaaah, you!)
I confeh-heh-hess.
Mercy, mercy baby! I done you wrong.
Had my share of wine, women and song, want you back here in my arms,
My days are empty without you baby, wasted time turns into years,
My pillow is soakin' wet baby, with all my cryin' tears.
Built a home in Detroit, cattle in Texas,
Way up in the San Francisco Bay,
I got apartments in New Orleans, skyscrapers in New York,
But if you're honest baby, you sound lonely, and I'm alone.
Matilda! (I don't believe she hears ya)
Matilda! (Ya gotta call a little bit louder)
Matilda! (A just a little bit louder)
Matilda! (Lord, a little bit louder)
Matilda! (I believe, she might hear ya now)
Matilda! (Just say it again, now)
Matilda! (Do it one more time!)
Matilda! (I believe she hears you)
Hey, hey, Matilda! (Whoa, a little bit louder!)
Matilda! (Just a little bit louder now)
Matilda! (I believe she hears you now)
Matilda! (I believe she hears you now)
Matilda! (Here she comes! Here she comes!)
Matilda! (I believe she heard you now)
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 recall which cartoon was real.
The coon-skin caps, Yankee bats, the "Hound Dog" man's big start;
The A-Bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart.
A young man from Boston set sail the new frontier,
And we watched the Dream dead-end in Dallas,
They buried innocence that year.
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
We gathered round to hear the sound comin' on the little screen,
The grief had passed, the old men laughed, and all the girls screamed
'Cause four guys from England took us all by the hand,
It was time to laugh, time to sing, time to join the band.
But all too soon, we hit the moon, and covered up the sky;
They built their bombs, and aimed their guns, and still I don't know why
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared;
Every night at six, they showed the pictures and counted up the score.
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
The old man rocks among his dreams, a prisoner of the porch;
"The light," he says "At the end of the tunnel,
Was nothin' but a burglar's torch."
And them that was caught in the Cover are all rich and free,
But they chained my mind to an endless tomb
When they took my only son from me.
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) (Hank Williams) (thanks Aline!)
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 gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.
Thibodeaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Dress in style, go hog wild, and be gayo.
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.
CHORUS:
Oh, guitar!
CHORUS
Oh, Lord!
Hang tight, ooh Lord!
Ah, take it out.
He's comin', ah!
KNOCKIN' ON YOUR DOOR (J.C. Fogerty)
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, knockin' on your door.
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door.
Ooh! Oh girl I'm beggin', hear what I'm sayin',
Don't send me away.
Just what I'm feelin', I got to tell ya,
Don't say it's too late.
I'm walking up and down the street,
Just tryin' to get my nerve up.
CHORUS
Ooh, Lord!
Ooh baby, babe, I want ya, want you,
Gotta keep you for all time.
And I think I'm goin' crazy over you,
'Cause I got to have you, got to have you,
CHORUS
Pow! Just think it over, whoa babe, I know you
Will see what I mean.
Try to remember, when we're together,
How good life can be.
I'm walkin' up and down the street,
Just tryin' to get my nerve up.
CHORUS
Here I am, here I am knockin' on your door.
Here I am, here I am knockin' on your door.
Justa justa knockin', justa justa knockin' on your door.
Justa justa justa knockin', babe.
Justa justa justa justa justa knockin', babe.
LEAVE MY WOMAN ALONE (Ray Charles)
CHORUS:
If you don't want, you don't havta get into trouble,
If you don't want, you don't havta get into trouble,
If you don't want, you don't havta get into trouble,
You just leave my woman alone. Well!
CHORUS
I know that you are a playboy, and you've got women all over town,
But if I ever catch you sweet-talkin' my little girl,
I'm gonna lay your body down!
CHORUS
I know that you got the money, you got a new '57 too,
If I ever catch my little girl ridin' in your new car,
I'm gonna do some work on you!
CHORUS
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You just leave my woman alone, yeah!
You just leave my woman alone, well!
You just leave my woman alone, mm-hmm.
You just leave my woman alone.
LONELY TEARDROPS (Tyrone Carlo/Berry Gordy Jr.)
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.
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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.
* - based on the rest of the song, these are probably all "Come home" and not "Come on", but it sure sounds like it to me!
MARCHIN' TO BLARNEY (J.C. Fogerty)
(Instrumental)
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
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Don't mess with my toot toot, don't mess with my toot toot,
Well you can have the other woman, but don't mess with my toot toot.
She was born in her birth suit, the doctor slap her behind, (SLAP!)
Say you're gonna to be special, you sweet little toot toot.
Well you can look as much, but if you much as touch,
You're gonna have yourself a case - I'm gonna break your face!
CHORUS
Oh toot, hey!
Whoa, Mama was the same way too, all the fellas didn't know what to do,
And Papa never had a chance, with a sweet little toot toot.
She was born in her birth suit, the doctor slap her behind, (SLAP!)
Said you're gonna to be special, you sweet little toot toot.
CHORUS
THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD (J.C. Fogerty)
He take the thunder from the mountain, he take the lightning from the
sky,
He bring the strong man to his begging knee, he make the young girl's
mama cry.
You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run;
You got to hidey-hidey-hide, the Old Man is down the road.
He got the voices speak in riddles, he got the eye as black as coal,
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide, and he stands right in
the road.
You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump up run away;
You got to hidey-hidey-hide, the Old Man is down the road.
Aaah!
He make the river call your lover, he make the barking of the hound,
Put a shadow 'cross the window, when the Old Man comes around.
You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again;
You got to hidey-hidey-hide, the Old Man is down the road.
The Old Man is down the road.
Aaah!
You got ta, you got ta, you got ta, hidey-hidey-hide!
Close your eyes tonight, make believe the train will come along,
And carry me back where I should be.
Reach out through the night, and wash away the pain that wasted so much time,
And break my heart, break my mind.
CHORUS:
On the run, on the run, the sheriff come get me, say I'm on the run.
On the run, on the run, the sheriff come get me, and I'm on the run.
Standin' out in the rain, can't remember when I felt so all alone,
Tired to the bone.
But if I have to run, you know I'll keep the thing I've done inside of me,
Until the hangman sets me free.
CHORUS
Lookin' back on some imaginary time,
Thinkin' back when I was raised,
Lookin' at the blackbirds singin' on the line,
But they can't sing you back to me.
CHORUS
Do-do-do. Do-do-doo, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doooo.
Do-do-do. Do-do-doo, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-dooooooooooooooo.
PLEASE HELP ME, I'M FALLING (Robertson/Blair)
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 fallin', and that would be sin,
Close the door to temptation, don't let me walk in,
Turn away from me darlin', I'm beggin ya to,
Please help me, I'm fallin' in love with you.
CHORUS
Please help me, I'm fallin' in love with you.
(Instrumental, but for the record, these are the screams)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah!
Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
ROCK AND ROLL GIRLS (J.C. Fogerty)
Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo,
The trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
But there is a place, sweet as you will ever know,
In music and love, and things you never tell.
You see it in their face, secrets on the telephone,
A time out of time, for you and no one else.
CHORUS:
Hey let's go all over the world,
Rock and Roll Girls, Rock and Roll Girls.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo;
Sit by the lake, and watch the world go by.
Ladies in the sun, listenin' to the radio,
Like flowers on the sand, a rainbow in my mind.
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Yeah, yeah yeah!
ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD (J.C. Fogerty)
Oooh! Ah!
Well, a-here-ee-yup, a-here-ee-yup, a-here we go,
Four in the mornin', justa hittin' the road,
Here we go-oh! Rockin' all over the world! Yeah.
Well, a-geedeeup, a-geedeeup, a-get away,
We're goin' crazy, and we're goin' today, here we go-oh!
Rockin' all over the world!
CHORUS:
Well I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it,
I la-la-like it, la-la-la, here we go-oh! Rockin' all over the world!
Yeah! Yeah!
Well, I'm gonna tell your Mama what your Daddy do,
He come out of the night with your dancin' shoes,
Here we go-oh! Rockin' all over the world! Yeah.
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