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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Musician
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Fogerty
John Fogerty
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Seger
Bob Seger
Producer
David Cole
David Cole
Mixing Engineer
Punch
Punch
Producer
Wally Traugott
Wally Traugott
Mastering Engineer
Punch Andrews
Punch Andrews
Producer

Lyrics

This is by a band I've always loved
Called The Creedence Clearwater Revival
Name of the song is Fortunate Son
Some folks are born, made to wave the flag
Ooh, the 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, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, now?
And when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house look like a rummage sale, yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no, no
Yeah
Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war
And when you ask 'em "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son, son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son, son, son
I ain't no fortunate son
I ain't no fortunate son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
It ain't me, it ain't me
Written by: John Fogerty

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