CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL


Bayou Country *

(1969)

1. Born On The Bayou 5'05
(John Cameron Fogerty)
2. Bootleg 2'59
(John Cameron Fogerty)
3. Graveyard Train 8'36
(John Cameron Fogerty)
4. Good Golly Miss Molly 2'44
(Robert "Bumps" Blackwell / John Marascalco)
5. Penthouse Pauper 3'40
(John Cameron Fogerty)
6. Proud Mary 3'04
(John Cameron Fogerty)
7. Keep On Chooglin' 7'43
(John Cameron Fogerty)

Cosmo's Factory **

(1970)

1. Ramble Tamble 7'03
(John Cameron Fogerty)
2. Before You Accuse Me 3'25
(Eugene McDaniels)
3. Travelin' Band 2'08
(John Cameron Fogerty)
4. Ooby Dooby 2'08
(W. Moore / D. Penner)
5. Lookin' Out My Back Door 2'30
(John Cameron Fogerty)
6. Run Through the Jungle 3'03
(John Cameron Fogerty)
7. Up Around The Bend 2'40
(John Cameron Fogerty)
8. My Baby Left Me 2'17
(Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup)
9. Who'll Stop The Rain 2'22
(John Cameron Fogerty)
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 10'37
(Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield)
11. Long As I Can See The Light 0'00
(John Cameron Fogerty)

Total Time: 75:33 (33:51 + 41:42)

  • John Cameron Fogerty - Guitar, Harmonica, Arranger, Composer, Harp, Vocals
  • Doug Clifford - Bass, Drums
  • Tom Fogerty - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
  • Stu Cook - Bass, Drums, Bass Guitar

    John Fogerty - Producer Joel Selvin - Liner Notes
    Robert Christgau     ** - Liner Notes
    Shigeo Miyamoto - Mastering
    Tamaki Beck - Mastering Supervisor
    Bob Fogerty     ** - Cover Design, Tray Photo



    Bayou Country

    1. Born On The Bayou

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

      And 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.

    chorus:

    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 were a fast freight train,
      Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans.
    chorus

      Do it, do it, do it, do it. Oh, Lord.
      Oh get back boy.

      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.

    chorus

      All right! Do, do, do, do.
      Mmmmmmm, oh.

    2. Bootleg

    chorus:

    Bootleg, Bootleg;
    Bootleg, Howl.
    Bootleg, Bootleg;
    Bootleg, Howl.

      Take you a glass of water
      Make it against the law.
      See how good the water tastes
      When you can't have any at all.
    chorus

      Findin' a natural woman,
      Like honey to a bee.
      But you don't buzz the flower.
      When you know the honey's free.
    chorus

      Suzy maybe give you some cherry pie,
      But Lord, that ain't no fun.
      Better you grab it when she ain't lookin'
      'Cause you know you'd rather have it on the run.
    chorus

    3. Graveyard Train

      On the highway, Thirty people lost their lives.
      On the highway, Thirty people lost their lives.
      Well, I had some words to holler, And my Rosie took a ride.

      In the moonlight, See the Greyhound rollin' on.
      In the moonlight, See the Greyhound rollin' on.
      Flyin' through the crossroads, Rosie ran into the Hound.

      For the graveyard, Thirty boxes made of bone.
      For the graveyard, Thirty boxes made of bone.
      Mister Undertaker, Take this coffin from my home.

      In the midnight, Hear me cryin' out her name.
      In the midnight, Hear me cryin' out her name.
      I'm standin' on the railroad, Waitin' for the Graveyard Train.

      On the highway, Thirty people turned to stone.
      On the highway, Thirty people turned to stone.
      Oh, take me to the station, 'Cause I'm number thirty-one.

    4. Good Golly Miss Molly

      Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call.

      From the early early mornin' till the early early night
      You can see Miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue lights.
      Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call.

      Well, now momma, poppa told me: "Son, you better watch your step."
      If I knew my momma, poppa, have to watch my dad myself.
      Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call.

      I am going to the corner, gonna buy a diamond ring.
      Would you pardon me if it's a nineteen carat golden thing.
      Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call.

      Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
      When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call.

    5. Penthouse Pauper

      Now, if I was a bricklayer,
      I wouldn't build just anything;
      And if I was a ball player,
      I wouldn't play no second string.
      And if I were some jew'lry, baby;
      Lord, I'd have to be a diamond ring.

      If I were a secret, Lord, I never would be told.
      If I were a jug of wine, Lord, my flavor would be old.
      I could be most anything,
      But it got to be twenty-four karat solid gold, oh.

      If I were a gambler, You know I'd never lose,
      And if I were a guitar player,
      Lord, I'd have to play the blues.

      If I was a hacksaw, My blade would be razor sharp.
      If I were a politician, I could prove that monkeys talk.
      You can find the tallest building,
      Lord, I'd have me the house on top.

      Oh, let's go!
      All right, keep goin'!

      I'm the Penthouse Pauper;
      I got nothin' to my name.
      I'm the Penthouse Pauper; baby,
      I got nothing to my name.
      I can be most anything,
      'Cause when you got nothin' it's all the same.

      Oh, let's move to this song!
      Lord, look at my penthouse.

    6. 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 burnin',
    Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
      Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
      Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,
      But I never saw the good side of the city,
      'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
    chorus

      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 no money,
      People on the river are happy to give.
    chorus

      Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
      Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
      Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

    7. Keep On Chooglin'

    chorus:

    Keep on Chooglin'
    Keep on Chooglin'
    Keep on Chooglin'
    Chooglin',
    Chooglin'.
      Maybe you don't understand it.
      But if you're a natural man,
      You got to ball and have a good time
      And that's what I call Chooglin'.

      Here comes Mary lookin' for Harry,
      She gonna choogle tonight. Here comes Louie, works in the sewer,
      He gonna choogle tonight.
    chorus

    ( primal screaming )
    chorus

      If you can choose it, who can refuse it, Y'all be chooglin' tonight. Go on, take your pick, right from the git go, You gotta choogle tonight.
    chorus

    ( more screaming )

      Oh, we're Creedence ! Clearwater ! Revival !

    Cosmo's Factory

    1. Ramble Tamble

    chorus:

    Move,
    Down the road
    I go. chorus

      There's mud in the water,
      Roach in the cellar,
      Bugs in the sugar,
      Mortgage on the home,
      Mortgage on the home.

      There's garbage on the sidewalk,
      Highways in the back yard,
      Police on the corner,
      Mortgage on the car,
      Mortgage on the car.
    chorus

      They're selling independence,
      Actors in the White House,
      Acid in digestion,
      Mortgage on my life,
      Mortgage on my life.
    chorus

      Ramble tamble tamble
      Ramble tamble tamble
      Ramble tamble tamble

    2. Before You Accuse Me

      Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
      Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
      You say I've been buyin' another woman clothes,
      But you've been talkin' to someone else.

      I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago.
      I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago.
      Your mama said, "Son,
      Don't call my daughter no more."

      Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
      Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
      You say I've been buyin' another woman clothes,
      But you've been takin' money from someone else.

      Come on back home, baby; try my love one more time.
      Come on back home, baby; try my love one more time.
      You've been gone away so long,
      I'm just about to lose my mind.

      Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
      Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
      You say I've been buyin' another woman clothes,
      But you've been talkin' to someone else.

    3. 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' 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.
    chorus

      Listen to the radio, Talkin' 'bout the last show.
      Someone got excited, Had to call the State Militia,
      Wanna move.
    chorus
      Oh ! WOW !

      Here we come again on a Saturday night
      Oh with your fussin' and a fightin'
      Won't you get me to the rhyme,
      I wanna move.
    chorus
      Oh ! WOW !

      Oh ! I'm playin' in a Travelin' Band;
      Playin' in a Travelin' Band.
      Won't you get me, take me hand
      Well, I'm playin' in a Travelin' Band,
      Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land.
      Tryin' to get a hand,
      Playin' in a Travelin' Band,
      OH ! WOW !
      Hey !

    4. Ooby Dooby

      Hey Baby, jump over here;
      When you do the Ooby Dooby I gotta be there;

    chorus:

    Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby,
    Ooby Dooby Ooby Dooby Ooby Dooby
    Ooby doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah.
      Well, you wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right;
      You do the Ooby Dooby with all your might;
    chorus
      Well, you wiggle an' you shake like a big rattlesnake;
      You do the Ooby Dooby till you think you're gonna break.
    chorus
      I'm movin' and struttin' 'cause now I know
      How to do the Ooby Dooby, baby, let's go.
    chorus

    5. 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',

    chorus:

    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.
    chorus
      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.
    chorus
      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.
    chorus
      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.
    chorus

    6. Run Through The Jungle

      Whoa, thought it was a nightmare,
      Lo, it's all so true,
      They told me, "Don't go walkin' slow
      'Cause Devil's on the loose."

    chorus:

    Better run through the jungle,
    Better run through the jungle,
    Better run through the jungle,
    Woa, Don't look back to see.
      Thought I heard a rumblin'
      Callin' to my name,
      Two hundred million guns are loaded
      Satan cries, "Take aim!"
    chorus
      Over on the mountain
      Thunder magic spoke,
      "Let the people know my wisdom,
      Fill the land with smoke."
    chorus

    7. 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.

    chorus:

    Come on the risin' wind, we're goin' up around the bend.
    Ooh !
    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
      Oooh !
      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
      Yeah ! Oooh
      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
      Yeah!
      Do do doo do ...

    8. My Baby Left Me

      Yes, my baby left me, never said a word.
      Was it something I done, something that she heard?
      You know she left me, my baby left me.
      My baby even left me, never said a word.

      But, I stand at my window, wring my hands and cry.
      I hate to lose that woman, hate to say goodbye.
      You know she left me, I say, she left me.

      My baby even left me, never said goodbye.
      Help me, boy!

      And now, one of these mornings, Lord, it won't be long,
      You'll look for me and, Baby, Daddy he'll be gone.
      You know she left me, I say she left me.
      My baby even left me, never said a word.

      Now, I stand at my window, wring my hands and moan.
      All I know is that the one I love is gone.
      My baby left me, I say she left me.
      My baby even left me, never said goodbye.
      My baby even left me, never said goodbye.

    9. 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, 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.

    10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

      Oo, Bet you're wond'ring how I knew 'bout your plans to make me blue
      With some other guy that you knew before?
      Between the two of us guys, you know I love you more.
      It took me by surprise, I must say, when I found out yesterday. Oo,

    chorus:

    I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine.
    Oo, I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to lose my mind.
    Honey, honey yeah.
      You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold inside.
      Losin' you would end my life you see, 'cause you mean that much to me.
      You could have told me yourself that you found someone else.
      Instead,
    chorus
      People say you "Hear from what you see, na na not from what you hear."
      I can't help bein' confused; if it's true, won't you tell me dear?
      Do you plan to let me go for the other guy that you knew before? Oo,
    chorus
    chorus

    11. Long As I Can See The Light

      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.