Travelin' Band Lyrics
Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride
I wanna move
Playin' in a travelin' band
Yeah!
Well I'm flyin' 'cross the land tryin' to get a hand
Playin' in a travelin' band
Come on come on won't you get me to my room
I wanna move
Playin' in a travelin' band
Yeah!
Well I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand
Playin' in a travelin' band
Someone got excited, had to call the state militia
Wanna move
Playin' in a travelin' band
Yeah!
Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand
Playin' in a travelin' band
With your fussin' and your fightin' won't you get me to the rhyme
I wanna move
Playin' in a travelin' band
Yeah!
Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand
Playin' in a travelin' band
"Here we come again on a Saturday night With your fussin' and your fightin' won't you get me to the rhyme"
This couplet doesn't sound right to me, either for the context (what woud it mean for Fogerty to want someone to "get him to the rhyme," and how would fussin' and fightin' interfere with getting to a rhyme?) or for the rhyme scheme itse;f (ironically).
Wouldn't "get me to the ride" fit better? He's eager to get to a cab or limo or bus? Plus, although "night"/"ride" is a slant rhyme, it's a lot closer than "night"/"rhyme."
Do you mean demonstrates?
A rock n roll band on tour.
A rock n roll band on tour.
A rip roaring mega top notch thigh slapping rocker - obviously about life on the road
is it just me or is this song very similar to jail house rock? musically, not for its meaning, that is. the meaning is obvious Rocks all the same!!
thanks 1am, i was trying to figure out what song this reminded me of, and that's it. i wonder if it was intentional...
haha when I was really young my mom had a cassette tape of the live LP and I used to think he was saying "baby top of the bang" haha. Good stuff.
Such an energetic song, really makes me want to dance!
About the Jailhouse Rock reference, I believe that it also might have a 'Long Tall Sally' sound, as well (LTS --- a song The Beatles copied/covered from someone else in the early '60's).