think this r'mains one'a m'favs from ya Sonic :)

I love this song. Thanks so much for playing it on the show :)

Damned well excellent! YEAH! Keep it up!

Love this song, Reminds me of The Big Lebowski!

This song always made me wonder about the lyrics, I could never get it right.

Statue wearing high heels

Dinosaur patroler listing to Buck Owens.

Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band

Take a ride on the flying spoon, do do do

Actually I can break down the song lyrics here to help you get a better perspective on the classic song:

"Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin'
Doo, doo, doo lookin' out my back door."

(John Fogerty had just returned home from a nationwide tour, ending in Illinois before returning to his home to spend time with his family. While relaxing, he had his then three-year-old son Josh Fogerty with him, talking about a local circus/parade they both went to, and John began focusing in on his son's imagination, which leads into the next set of lyrics:)

"Giant's doing cartwheels, statue's wearin' high heels
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
Dinosaur victrola listening to Buck Owens
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door."

(He's remembering the earlier times spent with his son sitting together on their porch while watching the parade going by as he listened to his favorite artist, Buck Owens playing on an old phonograph record player)

"Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band
Won't you take a ride on the flying spoon
Doo doo doo
Wondrous apparition provided by magician
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door"

(the "Flying Spoon" bit was a controversial lyric, as many people thought it was a drug reference to the use of cocaine or heroin, but in reality, the "flying spoon" represented the "airplane" motion he used to make while feeding his son when he was an infant. The "tambourines and elephants" and "wondrous apparition" lines were taken out of the Dr. Seuss book "And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street".)

"Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door"

(Again, referencing his uneasiness about being on tour, as a way to say that he's leaving all that worriment on the road, but at home, he's spending time with his son, and basking in the happiness being shared among Josh's young imagination, and the hustle and bustle of life on the road shall not intervene.)

There ya go. :) and as Paul Harvey once said, "And now you know...the rest of the story." :)

So it really does have some crazy lyrics! That's a great story!

It is quite impressive where songs come from, and I followed many background stories on a lot of classic rock artists. Once you get me talking rock n' roll, I never know when to stop LOL

That's alright! I always enjoy listening.