It Came Out Of The Sky...

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

It Came Out Of The Sky... | VIDEO

Willy and The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater

By Tim Hebert
timhebert.blogspot.com
11-10-14

. . . Back in 1969, CCR released their album "Willie and the Poor Boys" with much acclaim and success. One of the album's songs is relevant to the topic of UFOs. "It Came Out of the Sky" speaks of the hysteria of society and the reaction of government/media/religion as all attempt to capitalize on this collective hysteria. Fogerty penned a parody that humorously captured this theme. I loved it then and still love it now.

Listen to the song, below. Here are the lyrics:

It Came Out Of The Sky

Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't b'lieve what he seen
Laid on the ground and shook, fearin' for his life
Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky."
Well, a crowd gathered 'round and a scientist said it was marsh gas
Spiro came and made a speech about raising the Mars tax
The Vatican said, "Woe, the Lord has come"
Hollywood rushed out an epic film
And Ronnie the Popular said it was a communist plot

Oh, the newspapers came and made Jody a national hero
Walter and Eric said they'd put him on a network T.V. show
The White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"
The Vatican said, "No, it belongs to Rome."
And Jody said, "It's mine and you can have it for seventeen million."

Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't b'lieve what he seen
Laid on the ground a shakin', fearin' for his life
Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky."