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The Old Man Down The Road Lyrics By John Fogerty

    he take a thunder from the mountain
    he take a lightnin’ from the sky
    he bring a strong man to his beggin’ knee
    he make the young girl’s mama cry

    you got to hideyhide
    you got to jump and run
    you got to hideyhideyhide
    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 hideyhide
    you got to jump up run away
    you got to hideyhideyhide
    the old man is down the road

    break

    he make the river call your lover
    he make the barkin’ of the hound
    put a shadow ‘cross the window
    when the old man comes around

    you got to hideyhide
    you got to jump and run again
    you got to hideyhideyhide
    the old man is down the road
    the old man is down the road

    ah you got to you got to you got to hideyhideyhide

    Artist: John Fogerty

    Year: 1984

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 87