Is the Rain in CCR’s Who Will Stop the Rain and Have You Ever Seen the Rain the same Rain?
Don’t know, but it probably came from the storm in “Bad Moon Rising”.
Which will cause the Green River to flood.
When fleeing the flood, you’ll Run Through The Jungle.
And hitch a ride on a riverboat queen.
Called the Proud Mary.
Which will drop you off down on the corner…
…and get you stuck in Lodi again.
and if you have an umbrella you are a “Fortunate Son”
You can put away your umbrella once you’re Up Around the Bend
for that matter, I’ll put away my umbrella once I’m Lookin’ Out My Back Door!
But only as long as you can see the light.
Shone on you by the Midnight Special.
which will cause quite a commotion
second only to when I was born on the bayou.
No one get too excited, or we may have to call the state militia.
It’s true. I hoid it through the grapevine.
It’s a good thing Fogerty wrote a song for everyone, or this thread would be dying out soon.
The thread is dying? I can fix that: Put me in coach, I’m ready to play.
“Rain” was John Fogerty’s catch all for all the bad things happening during the 1960s (war, civil unrest, etc.)