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  • Apr 20, 2007, 08:12 PM
    Ace High
    CCR ? Crocs and Knocking on doors ?
    Hi Experts,

    Have been trying to remember the band and song? When I hear "Turn the Page" I am also reminded of the song about "crocodills knocking on your back door telling you it's time you moved out". Not sure of the band or the lyrics. But I understand that it is a song about encroachment. Have tried googling it but haven't found the right song. I'm beginning to think that I have remember something wrong. Please help me to remember!
    Ace
  • May 26, 2007, 04:44 AM
    doober3
    Bob Seger sang the original Turn the Page but Metallica did a re mix.
  • May 29, 2007, 08:17 AM
    samg1965
    You mentioned CCR in your title... You're not thinking of Looking Out My Backdoor? Although no mention of crocks.
  • May 29, 2007, 01:59 PM
    NorCal68
    Since we haven't heard from AceHigh in over a month, I'm guessing he's headed out the backdoor along with the croc's...
  • Jun 5, 2007, 12:02 PM
    Ace High
    Sorry about the lack of response. I appreciate the experts opinions. I didn't mean to say that the song "Turn the Page" and my remember the other song were done by the same author. The tape I had made for me was a compilation of songs and the "Turn the Page" was a song on the tape also. Sorry about the confusion. The song turns out to be done by Jim Stafford. -- Ace
  • Jun 5, 2007, 12:37 PM
    Ace High
    JIM STAFFORD THE LAST CHANT LYRICS

    JIM STAFFORD THE LAST CHANT LYRICS

    Listen at night and hear the sounds
    As the swamp moves in and settles down.
    Shadows move, see the cypress frown?
    Swamp don't want you hangin' round.

    Ocher Bocher, what 'cha doin' tonight?
    Goin' out huntin' with a gun and a flashlight?
    Why you shoot a gator when you know he's such a sight?
    He said, "I never met a handbag I didn't like."

    Swamp'll get you every time, a tourist can't resist.
    They love it when you lead 'em 'round - "I wonder what is this?"
    That's just a clingin' vine, ma'am, don't you make a racket.
    They just wind around your ankle here,
    Take a stick and whack it.

    Highways, byways, souvenir stands
    Eat here. Gas up! Campin' Vans!
    We got ten thousand new attractions planned
    With mechanical animals and mechanical friendsszzz

    You just keep draggin' my swamp water down
    Move to Florida! We'll build you a town!
    Poor swamp creatures runnin' everywhere around
    Never knowin' if they're going to drop or drown.

    Sometimes I wonder what you'd do
    If the swamp moved in on you?
    Scratched on your screen, slipped down your waterspout
    Tapped you on the shoulder and said "YOU move out!"
  • Jun 5, 2007, 12:41 PM
    Ace High
    I was obviously confused as to what I had remember from my early 80's. Was a song I enjoyed and was trying to remember who created it. I do thank all who answered my query. It was a hard search because I couldn't remember it very well. But thanks for trying. Ace
  • Jun 5, 2007, 02:56 PM
    NorCal68
    Well that's goin' back aways - and I sometimes have trouble remembering last Year! Didn't Stafford also do that "I don't like spiders and snakes" song? Just curious, now that we've got a reptile theme going on. Lol
  • Jun 7, 2007, 07:35 PM
    Ace High
    You are correct:

    JIM STAFFORD JIM STAFFORD - SPIDERS AND SNAKES LYRICS

    Jim Stafford
    I remember when Mary Lou said
    'You want to walk me home from school'
    And I said, 'Yes, I do'
    She said, 'I don't have to go right home
    And I'm the kind that likes to be alone
    As long as you would'
    I said, 'Me, too'

    And so we took a stroll
    Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
    And she said, 'Do what you want to do'
    I got silly and I found a frog
    In the water by a hollow log
    And I shook it at her
    And I said 'This frog's for you'
    She said...

    Chorus:
    'I don't like spiders and snakes
    And that ain't what it takes to love me
    You fool, you fool
    [ these lyrics found on Complete Album Lyrics: Your source for Rock, Pop, HipHop and R&B album lyrics ]
    I don't like spiders and snakes
    And that ain't what it takes to love me
    Like I want to be loved by you'

    Well, I think of that girl from time to time
    I call her up when I got a dime
    I say, "Hello, baby'
    She says, 'Ain't you cool'
    I say, 'Do you remember when?
    And would you like to get together again?'
    She says, 'I'll see you after school'

    I was shy and so for a while
    Most of my love was touch and smile
    Til she said, 'Come on over here'
    I was nervous as you might guess
    Still looking for something to slip down her dress
    And she said, 'Let's make it perfectly clear'
    She said...

    -- Ace

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