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There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin',
Leave the sinkin' ship behind.
[Chorus:]
Come on the risin' wind,
We're goin' up around the bend.
Ooh!
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo,
Better get while the gettin's good,
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood.
[Chorus:]
Ooh!
You can ponder perpetual motion,
Fix your mind on a crystal day,
Always time for a good conversation,
There's an ear for what you say.
[Chorus:]
Yeah!
Ooh!
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree,
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me.
[Chorus:]
Yeah!
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin',
Leave the sinkin' ship behind.
[Chorus:]
Come on the risin' wind,
We're goin' up around the bend.
Ooh!
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo,
Better get while the gettin's good,
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood.
[Chorus:]
Ooh!
You can ponder perpetual motion,
Fix your mind on a crystal day,
Always time for a good conversation,
There's an ear for what you say.
[Chorus:]
Yeah!
Ooh!
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree,
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me.
[Chorus:]
Yeah!
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I know that this song was first 'ritten & recorded & released (The 3 R's of the Schools of Music) at the time of the Vietnam War era...
And All That...
HOWEVER--ZinbobDan, et al...
These Lyrics Form A Template--That Fits Most of The Titanic Failures of Our Modern Era:
The Vietnam War & Its Possible Responses--For One...
The Massive Economic Collapse of 2007-2008--From Which We Are Still Struggling To Emerge--For Another.
First Verse:
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin',
Leave the sinkin' ship behind.
Time to jump ship; leave the trappings of Upward-Mobility behind... & git back to basics--Baby.
Refrain:
Come on the risin' wind,
We're goin' up around the bend.
There are renewed spirits blowin'... Let Your Spirit Rise With Them...
Up & Around The Corner... To A New World of GenNEXT-- Still--As Yet--Unknown Tho' Not Unknowable...
A New World That Contains So Much of THE BEST of The Old--Briefly Described IN The Rest of These Lyrics:
Songs & Smiles & Finger Lickin' & Banjo Pickin'...
And--Since You've Probably Already Been Driven Just About To The "Highway To Hell's" Dead End--
Step Out NOW & Take A Walk Somewhere That's Truly Magnificent... in unspoiled nature
And...
Take The Time To...
Ponder The BIG QUESTIONS of Life--
Allowing Your Mind To Run Freely With Its Thoughts...
And Stimulating & Deepening Your Ideas In Good Conversation With Others...
Conversations Held By "The Big Red Tree" Meaning--Someone Very Mature...
And past Their "Summer Days"... yet still holding onto their productive assets (analogous to leaves)... They've endured enough of winter's chill in their nights to be about ready to drop off--and just before They go--They've turned quite colorful in these last days out on a limb... before They settle to a "down to earth" existence of releasing their "nutrients" to Others' wants & needs.
We Often Pursue Our Dreams Beyond All Reasonable Limits--
To When The Dreams Become Our Nightmares...
Then Someone--Like John Fogerty...
Comes Along To Remind US...
Jes' how ez it really is to git back to a better life than the one we got hooked into chasing after
And we'll meet by the big red tree," The big red tree he's referring to are the California red woods. All of these guys were from California. He may have been referring also to Mendocino County in northern California where the best marijuana in the world is grown. Or maybe I've just smoked too much of that weed. Your guess.
the first verse is talking about leaving ur problems behind
second verse is about u can reck your brain all day thinking about crap that doesnt matter like perpetual motion u can enjoy a crystal day...what u think about to take ur mind of u crappy life....job...or family
third verse...where the highway ends theres a big red tree where he will meet someone whos gonna catch a ride from there crappy lives to the place up ahead
CCR always talked about peace man just loving your life but they knew everyone had to deal with crap...so leave ur crap behind come along come along with me