John Fogerty Lyrics S-Z
SAIL AWAY
SEA CRUISE
SEARCHLIGHT
SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
SODA POP
SOMEWHERE LISTENING (FOR MY NAME)
TELEPHONE
TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN
TRAVELIN' HIGH
VANZ KANT DANZ
VIOLENCE IS GOLDEN
THE WALL
WASN'T THAT A WOMAN
WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS
WORKIN' ON A BUILDING
YOU DON'T OWE ME
YOU GOT THE MAGIC
YOU RASCAL YOU
YOU'RE THE REASON
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 nothing left to fear.
Leavin' all of this pain behind, gonna sail away;
Lettin' all of these chains unwind, gonna steal away.
Mama, come look quick - do I see an open door?
The passageway is lit, an' it's time to get on board.
What wonders we will see, what beauty to my eyes;
So come along with me, across the rainbow sky,
Across the rainbow sky.
Leavin' all of this pain behind, gonna sail away;
Lettin' all of these chains unwind, gonna fly away;
Makin' over this troubled mind, gonna wash away;
Leavin' all of this doubt behind, gonna 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.
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 baby! Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
I feel like jumpin' and honey won't you join me please, yeah.
Well I don't like beggin' but now I'm gonna bend a knee, oh yeah.
Well I gotta get a-movin' honey, I ain't lyin',
My heart is beating the rhythm and it's right on time.
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 mama,
Ooowee, ooowee baby! Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Well I gotta get-a-rockin', get my hat off the rack,
I gotta boogie-woogie like a knot's in my back,
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 baby! Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
I feel like jumpin' and honey won't you join me please, yeah.
Well I don't like beggin' but now I'm gonna bend a knee, oh yeah.
Ooowee, ooowee baby, ooowee, ooowee mama,
Ooowee, ooowee baby! Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
I'm goin', I'm goin', I'm goin' on a sea sea cruise,
Let me take you on a sea cruise na na.
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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 down to the sea, but then the path disappears;
Here in the darkness, I'm runnin' blind,
Been stumblin' for all of these years.
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What was the demon that made me run, can I ever hope to understand?
I hear my voice, echoes on the wind; I try to reach out with my hand.
Without a light, I might be here forever, lost for all eternity;
There in the darkness, slippin' through my fingers,
The face that smiles back is me.
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SHE THINKS I STILL CARE (Dickie Lee Lipscombe)
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 of her lingers everywhere,
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be, she thinks I still care.
Oh if she's happy thinkin' I still need her, then let that silly notion bring her cheer,
Oh how could she ever be so foolish, and where would she get such an idea?
Just because I asked a friend about her, just because I spoke her name somewhere,
Just because I saw her, then went all to pieces, she thinks I still care.
She thinks I still caaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaare.
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Soda Pop, Soda Pop, everybody want to make it to the top. (X4)
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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 lot; (lot lot lot)
Show your cola in every household, give it all you got;
Better strike while the iron's hot.
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There's a generation out there, waitin' to be tapped;
If we play our cards right, baby, we'll be sittin' fat.
Play a little rock 'n roll music, tease 'em with a tune;
Show a couplea old time pictures from the baby boom,
An' suck 'em in while I croon.
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Gimme that, gimme that, money, money, money....
SOMEWHERE LISTENING (FOR MY NAME) (Arch Brownlee)
(omitting background "choir")
Ohhhh, when He calls my name, I will ah-ah-a-answer,
When He calls, calls me yeah, I will ah-ah-a-answer,
When He calls my name, I will ah-ah-a-answer,
Wanna be somewhere, yeah Lord, call my name!
I wanna be somewhere, Lord, yeah Lord call my name.
Wanna be somewhere-hair yeah Lord call my name.
On that day we shall rise, wipe the tears from my eyes,
I wanna be somewhere, yeah Lord call my name!
Mmm, I say "Lord, you know I don't have no friend like you,
If Heaven's not my home, please tell me what shall I do?"
Somebody sendin' for your child to lay Heaven, oh but soon
I'm goin' to be somewhere, yeah call my name.
Oh, I wanna be somewhere, Lord when He calls my name,
I wanna be somewhere, Lord when He calls, calls my name,
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, sometimes leveled to the ground,
I wanna be somewhere, Somewhere! Somewhere! Somewhere!
Somewhere! Somewhere! Somewhere!
Call my name, my name.
My telephone's ringin', early in the mornin'.
Somebody, guessa who? Sweet baby, it's you!
Say you're callin' from the station, oh I told you "Hold on,
I'm on my way!" And all you got to say,
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"I wonder why you had to go, been so long and now I know,"
Sweet baby dear, everything will be allright,
'Cause I've been ringin', early in the mornin',
Somebody, guessa who? Sweet baby, it's you!
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Somebody, guess who? Sweet baby, it was you.
Somebody, guessa guessa guessa who?
Sweet baby, it's all right. (X 5)
TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN (Haggard/Owens)
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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 I could get by,
With only these few million tears I've cried.
I should have known the worst was yet to come,
And that cryin' time for me, had just begun.
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Here come that good ol' travelin' band once again mmm-hmmm
Back 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, fly.
Oh my my, travelin' high! Yeah.
Hey, hey, it's been a long long time, yeah,
But if it's all right, you know you're gonna blow my mind, oh yeah,
'Cause I'm a natural boogie-woogie fool,
Ain't good for nothin' but chasin' down the hoochie-coo.
Oh my my, travelin' high! Yeah.
Now whatcha gonna do with the old rockin' chair, Mmm-hmm,
Just sit you right down, start to rock, start to rock,
Start to rockin' away from here,
'Cause you ain't nothin' but a struttin' fool,
Back in the alley with the hoochie-coochie-coo.
Oh my my, travelin' high, high, high! Yeah.
(was originally "Zanz Kant Danz")
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Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money,
Watch him or he'll rob you blind. (X 4)
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Out in the street a crowd is gatherin',
Pushed down by the heat of the building, they're wantin' to dance.
Makin' their way up the street, a boy with a pig and a radio;
Little Billy can work on the crowd, put 'em into a trance,
For the little pig Vanz.
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You're watchin' 'em dance, not a care in the world;
So Billy and Vanz get busy, they're makin' their move;
The little pig knows what to do, he's silent and quick, just like Oliver
Twist;
Before it's over, your pocket is clean,
A four-legged thief paid a visit on you.
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VIOLENCE IS GOLDEN (J.C. Fogerty)
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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 sell another Uzi, maybe couple 44 Mags,
Got a wife and a kid to support, and a payment on the Jag.
Won't you try this personal bazooka, make you feel like a man,
Show the little girls what's what by the size of the thunder in your
hands.
Take a pocketful of Teflon bullets, maybe 'nother Tommy gun,
Gotta keep stuff movin' out the door, got a business to run.
Take it from me, son - you can have a lot of fun!
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Pass another fleet of B-1 bombers, grab an M-16,
Buildin' Chevies was never the fun of buildin' up the war machine.
Got a rocket in my pocket and it's ready, do you think we can deal?
Got a year-end sale goin' on, you can see the appeal;
'Cause I'm sellin' both sides of the fence, that be the name of the game,
I don't care about your silly little struggle, money's colored all the
same.
Take a handful of Star Wars missiles, maybe super laser gun,
Gotta keep stuff movin' out the door, got a business to run.
Take it from me, son - we can have a lot of fun!
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Well thunder, lightning, strike me down, I do believe I see,
A ghostly figure on the ground, fallen to his knees.
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And the wall gets higher, so you could not see,
I said the wall gets higher, so you could not see.
Well the lightning flash, the cannon roar, the ground begin to shake,
The people wondered but they heard no more, but the Big Chief will not wait.
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Well!
Well a beast so bad it put me to bed, but the air was thick and deep,
The people wonder but they heard no more, the mountain would not speak.
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Run tonight, run tonight oh,
Risin' right now, risin' right now.
WASN'T THAT A WOMAN (J.C. Fogerty)
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 outta me.
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Oh yeah, I got it badly, ain't too much to figure out;
Bam boom, and she had me. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
(Wasn't that a woman) Watch me, watch me, watch me runnin' down the line,
(Wasn't that a woman) Ain't she fine, ain't she fine;
(Wasn't that a woman) Well I'm chasin' after that,
(Wasn't that a woman) Uh-huh, pure Cadillac.
How! Oh, yeah!
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(Wasn't that a woman) Whoa smile on my face,
(Wasn't that a woman) Turn every head in the place;
(Wasn't that a woman) Oww, such sweet agony,
(Wasn't that a woman) Whoa 'cause she's leavin' here with me!
Wasn't that a woman!...
(various shouting and talking)
WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS (J.C. Fogerty)
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 make it home."
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Where the river flows, where the water goes,
I'll be over there, waitin' over there, where the river flows.
Well I didn't have a lot to give, but I gave him what I could,
Listened while he talked about the bad times and the good.
And early in the mornin', I took an old man home,
Left him by the river, left him all alone.
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WORKIN' ON A BUILDING (Traditional - Arrangement by J.C. Fogerty)
(omitting the background "chorus")
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 too.
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I'm workin' on a building, I'm workin' on a building,
I'm workin' on a building, for my Lord, for my Lord.
It'a a Holy Ghost building, It'a a Holy Ghost building,
It'a a Holy Ghost building, for my Lord, for my Lord.
If IIIIIIIIIIIIII were a gambler, tell you what I'd do,
I'd quit my gamblin', and I'd work on a building too.
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If IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII were a preacher, tell you what I'd do,
I'd keep on preachin', and I'd work on a building too.
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YOU DON'T OWE ME (J.C. Fogerty)
Don't look so bad, don't look that sad, just look at all the luck we had,
It was fun, and it was wrong.
You say you'd stay I had no more, the good luck hungered from I don't know,
Won't make it hard to say so long.
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I said "No, no, you don't owe me; no, no you don't owe me a thing,
You don't owe me a thing.
I said "No, no, you don't owe me; no, no sure don't owe me a thing,
You don't owe me a thing.
You know you told me once, a long time ago, some of these days it would have to go,
Some of these days took us wrong
I don't mind if you hit the door, don't be fast, darlin', don't be slow,
Won't be around to watch you more.
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Oooh!
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Some of these days Back to the Top
YOU GOT THE MAGIC (J.C. Fogerty)
Mmmm, when the midnight ravens appear in your eyes,
Oh! And the mystery holdin' your soul is realized,
Shadows of night, faces in the fire, like visions in a dream, takin' me higher.
CHORUS:
You got the magic thrillin' me, you got the magic chillin' me,
You got the magic, shine your spell on me.
Whoa, when the hoodoo children of night gather near,
Ah! When the whirlwind whispers your name, I can hear,
Wind in the willows, scratchin' in the sand,
And the whole universe is at your command there.
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Yeah.
You got the magic thrillin' me, you got the magic chillin' me, oooh!
You got the magic thrillin' me, you got the magic chillin' me, oooh!
You got the magic, shine your spell on me.
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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 you.
Now I'll be glad when you die, you rascal you, uh-huh.
I'll be glad, oh I'll be tickled to death when you leave this Earth it's true, oh yeah.
When you're lyin' down six feet deep, no more fried chicken will you eat.
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you, oh yeah.
Ah, you just ain't no good! Oh, you dog!
Now listen here, 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.
I'll be standin' on the corner high, when they drag your body by,
I'll be glad when you're dead, you know I'm gonna be so happy when you're gone you dog!
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you.
YOU'RE THE REASON (Edwards/Henley/Imes/Fell)
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, you're the reason I can't sleep at night.
I'm bettin' you're not losin' sleep over me, but if I'm wrong don't fail to call,
Come over and keep me-hee company.
Sometimes I go for a walk, look at the moon, strum my guitar to some old lonesome tune,
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night.
I'm bettin' you're not losin' sleep over me, yeah but if I'm wrong don't fail to call,
Come over and keep me-hee company.
Sometimes I go for a walk, look at the moon, strum my guitar and sing out of tune,
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night.
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night.
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night.