The Old Man Down The Road lyrics

Song information

Artist: John Fogerty
Album: Centerfield

Lyrics

He take the thunder from the mountain, he take the lightning from the sky
He bring the strong man to his begging knee, he make the young girl's mama cry

You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run;
You got to hidey-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road

He got the voices speak in riddles, he got the eye as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide, and he stands right in the road

You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump up run away;
You got to hidey-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road

Aaah!

He make the river call your lover, he make the barking of the hound
Put a shadow 'cross the winner , when the old man comes around

You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again;
You got to hidey-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road
The old man is down the road

Aaah!
You got ta, you got ta, you got ta, hidey-hidey-hide!

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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