 Genius Lyrics
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John Fogerty – Centerfield
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That song you’ve heard in every. single. baseball. game. ever!
Fogerty drew inspiration from the center field at the old Yankee Stadium (1923-2008)
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John Fogerty – Gunslinger
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Looking out across this town / Kinda makes me wonder how / All the things that made us great / Got left so far behind / This used to be a peaceful place / Decent folks, hard
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John Fogerty – Hearts of Stone
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Well, hearts made of stone / Will never break / And the love you give / It just won't take / You can ask 'em "Please, please, please, please break" / And all of your love / Is
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John Fogerty – Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
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Cover of the Hank Williams classic.
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John Fogerty – Blueboy
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Way back in the hills / There's a place I know / People comes from miles around / Just to watch 'ol Dooley do the show / Ooh let the blueboy play / Ooh let the blueboy play / Gonna
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John Fogerty – Walking in a Hurricane
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Shadows fallin' in my room / Ghost riders dancin' on the moon / Night is closin' in again / Clutchin' to my tremblin' bed / Call your name 'til I'm out of my head / Walkin' the
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John Fogerty – Joy of My Life
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I tiptoed in the room / I know you got to have your rest / She says, 'Come lay beside me / I've been waitin' since you left' / She's sweet to me / Must be the luckiest man alive
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John Fogerty – I Confess
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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
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John Fogerty – Telephone
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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
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John Fogerty – Zanz Kant Danz (Vanz Kant Danz)
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This is a thinly veiled attack on Saul Zaentz, the owner of Creedence’s label Fantasy Records, with whom Fogerty had been involved in a long and protracted legal battle. Fogerty
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John Fogerty – Rhubarb Pie
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Rhubarb Pie / Rhubarb Pie / It might rain tomorrow / Better get some before I die / Rhubarb Pie / Rhubarb Pie / It might rain tomorrow / Better get some before I die / Save your
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John Fogerty – Between The Lines
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Between the lines, that's wond'rin' what to say, when you ain't sayin' nothin' / Between the lines, that's thinkin' about the silence that hides behind your smile / Between the
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John Fogerty – Violence Is Golden
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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
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John Fogerty – Long Dark Night
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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
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John Fogerty – Southern Streamline
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Mama I'm on fire / Old flame / Sweet desire / Comin' on the midnight / Comin' on the midnight train / Rollin' steel and thunder / Bring my baby back again / Roll on down the line
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John Fogerty – On The Run
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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
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John Fogerty – Don't You Wish It Was True
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I dreamed I walked in heaven / Just the other night / There was so much beauty / So much light / Don't you wish it was true? / Don't you wish it was true? / An angel took my hand
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John Fogerty – Wicked Old Witch
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Well way down yonder / In the deep blue holler / Yeah way back in the swamp / Where the snakes go crawlin' / Shriveled old lady / With a tombstone mouth / Scarin' up trouble / At
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John Fogerty – Rattlesnake Highway
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It may look easy / When you look at me / But it took years of effort / To become the mess that you see / Now what kind of woman / Take you for a ride / Down the rattlesnake highway
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John Fogerty – Dream Song
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Verse 2] / Would you
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John Fogerty – Goin' Back Home
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[Instrumental]
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John Fogerty – Hundred and Ten in the Shade
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Way out there in the cotton / Sun beatin' down so hard / Sweat rollin' of this shovel / Diggin' in the devil's boneyard / Sure like a cool drink of water / Soft rag to soothe my
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John Fogerty – Fortunate Son
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Some folks are born, made to wave the flag / Ooh, that red, white and blue / And when the band plays, "Hail To The Chief" / Ooh, they point the cannon at you / It ain't me, it ain'
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John Fogerty – Change in the Weather
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[Chorus] / Change in the weather, change in the weather / Something's happening here / Change in the weather, change in the weather / People walkin' 'round in fear / [Verse 1] / Uh
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John Fogerty (Ft. Brad Paisley) – Hot Rod Heart (2013)
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Ooh, let's go ridin' / Cruisin' down the open road / We can put the top down / Listen to the radio / Big ol' Buick / And a big ol' sky / Wheels on fire / And I'll tell you why / I
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John Fogerty – Mr. Greed
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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
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John Fogerty – Workin’ on a Building
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[Intro] / I'm workin' on a building, I'm workin' on a building / I'm workin' on a building for my Lord, for my Lord / [Verse 1] / If I were a drunkard, tell you what I'd do / I'd
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John Fogerty – Born on the Bayou
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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
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John Fogerty – Comin' Down The Road
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Yeah! yeah! / It happened just this mornin', you know I woke up feelin' so good / The sun came over the mountain, just like I always knew it would / Had another dream about music
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John Fogerty – Eye of the Zombie
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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' naked against the
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John Fogerty – Blue Moon Nights
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Help me fellas / I'm feelin' kind-a weak / The way I'm livin' just ain't right / I need somebody t' watch over me / All my blue moon nights / I want a girl to take me by the hand
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John Fogerty – Rock 'n' Roll Girls
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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
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John Fogerty – California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
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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
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John Fogerty – Longshot
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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
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John Fogerty – Broken Down Cowboy
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If I was a gambling man / Never would'a let you play your hand / With a broken down cowboy like me / 'Cause you never can trust your luck / He's bad news in a pickup truck / That
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John Fogerty – Bootleg
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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
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John Fogerty – Centerfield (Live)
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Well, I beat the drum and hold the phone, the sun came out today / We're born again, there's new grass on the field / Just a-roundin' third and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed
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John Fogerty – Before You Accuse Me
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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
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John Fogerty – Long as I Can See the Light
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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
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