Lyrics for Bad Moon Rising as interpreted by 3ssence

Bad Moon Rising Lyrics
I see the bad moon arising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin'.
I see bad times today.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes a blowing.
I know the end is coming soon.
I fear rivers over flowing.
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.
All right!

Hope you got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.
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"Bad Moon Rising" as written by Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount
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dwels
04-14-2002

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if not the apocalpyse a bad trip

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goat manilla
05-10-2002

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this song definitely sounds like it could be describing the vietnam war. i believe i have seen it in a couple music lists from that era.

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Weezamamma420
05-17-2002

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this song is definetly about dying...if your not ready be ready, because you could be dead tomorrow

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Krisco
05-22-2002

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maybe the guy is just singing about a full moon coming up and, like usual, bad or strange things are going to happen because of the full moon. It could be him warning somebody of the full moon?

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ChaosFluro24
09-04-2002

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When I heard this song on the radio when I was a kid, I always thought he was saying a bathroom on the right. I was young, I know, but did anyone else ever hear that at all? For the record I do believe he was actually talking about the beginning signs of the Vietnam war.

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Muzzy
03-05-2003

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Fogerty was a fan of a movie called The Devil And Daniel Webster, after watching the movie he was inspired to write this song. The movie has something to do with a big hurricane.

At least that's what I hear. Great song. Featured in quite a few movies.

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LexCee
06-05-2003

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This is my favorite CCR song...only because when my older brother and I were younger our parents had a blue Horizon...and my brother convinced me that the song was sang "Bad Blue Horizon" and it was all about our parents car. Everytime I hear it I think about our old car and all the good times.

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LexCee
06-05-2003

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This is my favorite Creedence song. Most of my liking came from my older brother when we were younger. My parents owned a blue Horizon, and my brother convinced me that the song was sang "Bad Blue Horizon". We actually thought the song was about our parents car. Now evertime I hear it, I think about all of that and all of the good times I spent with my brother. Awesome song!

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DjUve
06-14-2003

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Re: "When I heard this song on the radio when I was a kid, I always thought he was saying a bathroom on the right". You are not the first to think you hear JCFogerty sing "a bathroom on the right". Actually JCFogerty sometimes sing "a bathroom on the right" when he preform the song live.

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oogleboogle14
06-30-2003

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What this song is all about is John Fogerty accidentally but his money in a bad investment and the company took around half of his money and it was all legal so he wrote a song about it

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stoolhardy
12-28-2004

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I guess there is no concensus on the meaning of this song. All I have to say is the song is very upbeat for one that is supposed to be apocolyptic or men fighting the Vietnam War. Which might be intended irony, but all-in-all, I have no idea.

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chyland
12-30-2004

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Apocalyptic.

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JeffKaos71
01-28-2005

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its true that this songs lyrics were inspired by a movie called The Devil And Daniel Webster, in which a hurricane wipes out most of a town. This is where John Fogerty got the idea for the line "I feel the hurricane blowin', I hope you're quite prepared to die. - The lyrics also describing events that indicate a coming apocalypse

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gjack2211
07-07-2005

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ChaosFluro24: Yes, you are not the only person to hear "bathroom on the right". My mom told me that when was a kid she used to think it was that too. She believed that for years. That doesn't say much about my mom, but thats a different story.

DjUve: I'm going to the John Mellencamp/John Fogerty show tonight and I'll listen for this fake lyric!

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karkarinus
08-05-2005

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Allways make sme think of An American Werewolf in London. Crackin' scene!

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Alvien
08-06-2005

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The lyrics themselves are rather somber, but it is impossible to get that feeling when you listen to the song as it is so well put together you want to tap your feet and smile. Good song, great times.

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Uncle Jemimah
08-07-2005

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This is about John Fogerty's personal battle with werewolfism. He fears a full or "bad" moon rising because he doesnt want to hurt people as a werewolf

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deusmortuorum
08-22-2005

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I thought this song was about racism and the violence against blacks in the South.
"Don't go around tonight
Well it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise."
They would warn blacks not to leave their homes at night in order to avoid gangs of whites. These confrontations would almost certainly lead to death or injury, and night was the most dangerous time for blacks.

"I hear the voice of rage and ruin"
Hearing the white gangs express rage at rallies, or even as they encountered blacks on the street. The ruin could refer to bombings and arson on black establishments.

"One eye is taken for an eye"
A white gang killed a black person, so a black gang would kill a white person, and it would go back and forth...

Just how I saw it.

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Surfwaxamerica06
08-26-2005

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i've heard this song is about vietnam.

a bad moon rising is a full moon. in vietnam a full moon is light for the NVA/vc to see you. and then kill you

"Don't go around tonight
Well it's bound to take your life"
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subterranean_summer
11-12-2005

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there's the bathroom on the right. yessss

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bkat004
02-09-2006

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So theres no consensus about this song - I heard it's about the Apocalypse, 60's racial attitudes, the Vietnam War, 60's music industry and from what I read - the election of Nixon in 68. (Boy, I wish it was the 60's again!)

Yes, I too thought it was "there's a bathroom on the right"

I loved the way it was used in Apocalypse Now and American Werewolf in London

Altogether, a classic

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Bri986
02-16-2006

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...Vietnam... Creedence Was big anti-war group

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osubuckeye420
02-17-2006

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Hope you got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.


Eye for an eye would be a Vietnam reference.

So would rivers overflowing because of the layout of Vietname.

Then again it could be about the Apoc.

I think this one is pretty up to debate. A lot of people compare Vietnam to the Apoc though. Hence PTS disorder.

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MikeOxlong
03-25-2006

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I agree with deusmortuorum- My history teacher in highschool was a nut about history,he could tell you anything about anything in history exact dates, I mean everything. He told me this song was about blacks being killed in the south and the klu klux klan. The lyrics just don't fit to be about the vietnam war. So this is my take.

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bearhunter
04-04-2006

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In an interview I read recently, Fogerty said it was written after watching Devil & Daniel Webster, which is where the hurricane line came from. In earlier interviews he said it was about nixon.

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