DEJA VU (ALL OVER AGAIN)

Live 11 Oct 2004 version

[Spoken intro:] Thank you. Thank you for showing up tonight and showing your support... and raising your voice for change. Thank you. I wanna bring out a friend of mine, whose music I've loved for such a long time, I've learned a lot from him, I've heard him described as the Hank Williams of my generation and I think that fits pretty well. John Fogerty come on out (cheers).

[John Fogerty (spoken):] How you all doing? thank you. What a night, huh? I'd like to do a new song for you. This is actually on my latest record, this is a song called "Deja Vu", and I sing this song for families.

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you try to read the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again

Day by day I hear the voices rising
Started with a whisper like it did before
Day by day we count the dead and dying
Ship the bodies home while the networks all keep score

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Could your eyes believe the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again

One by one I see the old ghosts rising
Stumblin' 'cross Big Muddy
Where the light gets dim
Day after day another Momma's crying
She's lost her precious child
To a war that has no end

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you stop to read the writing at the Wall
Did that voice inside you say
I've seen this all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again
It's like Deja Vu all over again

Woah woah
Woah woah

Written by John Fogerty, from his 2004 album Deja Vu All Over Again.

Rehearsed for the Vote For Change tour 29 September 2004 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, and performed with John Fogerty during each show of the tour (read below):

• 01 Oct 2004 at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
• 02 Oct 2004 at Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH
• 03 Oct 2004 at Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
• 05 Oct 2004 at Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
• 08 Oct 2004 at TD Waterhouse, Orlando, FL
• 11 Oct 2004 at MCI Center, Washington, DC
• 13 Oct 2004 at the Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

John Fogerty is on vocals and acoustic guitar, backed by the E Street Band, and Bruce Springsteen on acoustic guitar.

The above lyrics are for the live 11 Oct 2004 performance at MCI Center, Washington, DC. See also the original John Fogerty version (same lyrics).

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