LODI

Words and music by John Fogerty

Just about a year ago,
I set out on the road,
Seekin' my fame and fortune,
lookin' for a pot of gold.
Things got bad, and things got worse,
I guess you will know the tune.
Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again.

Rode in on the Greyhound,
I'll be walkin' out if I go.
I was just passin' through,
must be seven months or more.
Ran out of time and money,
looks like they took my friends.
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.

The man from the magazine
said I was on my way.
Somewhere I lost connections,
ran out of songs to play.
I came into town, a one night stand,
looks like my plans fell through
Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again.

If I only had a dollar,
for ev'ry song I've sung.
And ev'ry time I've had to play
while people sat there drunk.
You know, I'd catch the next train
back to where I live.
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.

Copyright © 1969 by Jondora Music

LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT

Words and music by John Fogerty

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.

Put a candle in the window,
'cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going,
I'll be comin' 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.

Copyright © 1970 by Jondora Music

LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR

Words and music by John Fogerty

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

Copyright © 1970 by Jondora Music

PROUD MARY

Words and music by John Fogerty

Left a good job in the
city,
Workin' for The Man ev'ry
night and day,
And I never lost one min-
ute 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 peo-
ple 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.

Copyright © 1968. 1969 by Jondora Music