Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son

[Xipe Totec]

Run time: 02:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I   Posted on YouTube: October 26, 2007 By YouTube Member: masterofacdcsuckaS Views on YouTube: 3439107   Posted on DU: March 03, 2011 By DU Member: Xipe Totec Views on DU: 635

 
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

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

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no

[azurnoir]

1. still think Kerry should have used it as his campaign song n/t

[Xipe Totec]

3. Absolutely, Positively Agree!

But then again, I'm BIASSED!

[texastoast]

2. I called the Clear Channel radio stations here and requested it

Right after we headed into Iraq.

They refused to play it on our classic rock, turned right-wing spew station here, 93.7.

[Xipe Totec]

4. You did better than me.

I just took down the flag from my porch and crawled into a fetal position.

[CrawlingChaos]

5. One of my all-time faves

It kills me that they used this for Tommy Hilfiger commercials, and had the nerve to use the lyric "some folks are born made to way the flag, ooh they're red, white and blue" -- and just stop right there. Arrrrrgh...

Not the band's fault though. Pretty sure they lost control of their music in a contentious battle with a manager or something of that sort.

Anyway, thanks for posting. Couldn't be more relevant today.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Indeed, quite relevant

This, spoken as the proud son of union labor.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Worse than ads--they used it to play Romney onstage at a Bachmann rally!

This was just last year, when both Palin and Romney showed up in MN to campaign for Bachmann.

[Charleston Chew]

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