after discussing and listening to this song, my boyfriend helped me see a different meaning of this song. CCR is from the South and came out during the Civil Rights movement, so i think (and so does he) that this song is about the KKK and them burning crosses on people's lawns. it talks about how they burnt the crosses, an effigy, to be against the blacks, but in the end, everyone gets hurt because "few are left to watch the ashes...". I think fogerty was talking about how everyone loses in this kind of situation.
after discussing and listening to this song, my boyfriend helped me see a different meaning of this song. CCR is from the South and came out during the Civil Rights movement, so i think (and so does he) that this song is about the KKK and them burning crosses on people's lawns. it talks about how they burnt the crosses, an effigy, to be against the blacks, but in the end, everyone gets hurt because "few are left to watch the ashes...". I think fogerty was talking about how everyone loses in this kind of situation.
CCR is not from the South. They are from the San Francisco Bay Area.
CCR is not from the South. They are from the San Francisco Bay Area.