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Porterville Lyrics

It's been an awful long time since I been home,
But you won't catch me goin' back down there alone.
Things they said when I was young are quite enough to get me hung.
I don't care! I don't care!

They came and took my Dad away to serve some time,
But it was me that paid the debt he left behind.
Folks said I was full of sin, because I was the next of kin.
I don't care! I don't care!

Ooh ooh oooh ooh oooh ooh
I don't care! I don't care!


Folks were out one night to put me up a fence,
And you can guess that I've been runnin' ever since.
Ain't no one that's 'bout to help, and I'll keep on, I tell myself.
I don't care! I don't care!

I don't care! I don't care! I don't care! I don't care!

Ain't no one that's 'bout to help, And I'll keep on, I tell myself.

I don't care! I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care!
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Cover art for Porterville lyrics by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Hey! Awsome song! and i live about 15 mins away Porterville.. i live in Delano :) CCR Forever! truly an American Rock N Roll band!

Cover art for Porterville lyrics by Creedence Clearwater Revival

I'm going back to my home town for Easter this weekend and this song came into my mind!

Greatest hometown song ever, thanks!

Did a Google search and there is a Porterville CA?

Could be about a small town in Wisconsin also, trust me.

yes ther is a porterville CA! not much of a great town but ther is :) lol

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Cover art for Porterville lyrics by Creedence Clearwater Revival

I agree with you tman, it's one of the best going home song. Whereever "home" is.

It makes me think of my father who moved about 500 Km south a couple of years ago. He comes and visits me a lot but i don't go down there anymore. His woman and I don't go along nicely... But often I feel that I'm getting blamed for his errors by people. So it has a kind of special meaning for me.