... I was giving them away

“It ain’t me. It ain’t me. I ain’t no millionaire’s son, no.
It ain’t me. It ain’t me. I ain’t no fortunate one, no.”

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I just realized while eating lunch with Billy Dalto that John Fogerty, a wealthy and famous rock star by the time this song was written, sounds partially absurd singing this lyric. I’ve heard the song thousands of times and had never paused to consider that he is probably one of the most fortunate people on the planet. (via mills)

This is one of my favorite CCR songs, and truly a song that seems to have really captured the feelings of those that had to serve while “millionaire’s sons” (I’m looking at you Dubya) did not have to serve. And to play the semantics argument, I don’t believe anyone from CCR was a millionaire’s son.

And really I guess I just feel like money or no money John Fogerty was a man of the people. Or at least that’s how I want to feel.