Album: Willy and the Poor Boys (1970)

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• Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline
  Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe 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 TV 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 but 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 believe 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
  Oh Writer/s: John Cameron Fogerty
  Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

• Pappy from MichiganThis song is about the great UFO flap of 1966.
  
  "Well, a crowd gathered 'round and a scientist said it was marsh gas" link:
  
  https://bit.ly/3et8UGb
• Jennifur Sun from RamonaI saw a comment on Youtube last year that this song was about someone who lost an amp or something like that out of a plane. never could get the person to comment back to hear the whole story. It has become my very FAV CCR tune they ever recorded.
• Brian from Los Angeles, Ca"Walter and Eric said they'd put him on in their TV show." Refers to legendary newsmen of the time Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid. If you've not heard of them, it's because you watch TMZ.
• Jason from Thousand Oaks, CaThere's a reference in the song to Nixon VP Spiro T. Agnew, "Spiro came and made a speach about raising the Mars tax". Nixon appointed Agnew head of the National Aeronautics and Space Council. After Agnew publicly advocated a space shot to Mars, it was explained to him that there was no money for a project of that magnitude. There's also a reference to Ronald Reagan, "Ronnie the popular say's it was a communist plot". Reagan was the Governer of California at the time, and his transition from acting to politics is where the "popular" sentiment comes from.
  

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