Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
This song is based on a vacation Fogerty took. In a 2012 Rolling Stone interview, Fogerty said:
What really happened is that I used a setting like New Orleans, but I would actually be talking about thing from my own life. Certainly a song like “Green River” – which you may think would fit seamlessl...
[Verse 1]
Well, take me back down where cool water flow, y’all
Let me remember things I love, Lord
Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite
Walkin' along the river road at night
Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight
[Verse 2]
I can hear the bullfrog callin' me, aw
Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree, aw
Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water
Shoo fly, dragon fly, get back to mother
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River
Well
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, Lord
With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers
Old Cody Junior took me over
Said, "You're gonna find the world is smolderin'
And if you get lost, come on home to Green River"
Well
Come on home
Green River was written by John Fogerty.
Green River was produced by John Fogerty.
Creedence Clearwater Revival released Green River on Tue Aug 05 1969.