The song "Bad Moon On The Rise" is actually "bathroom on the right"

I know a lot of people believed this but ... I used to believe the CCR song "Bad Moon on the Rise" was "There's a bathroom on the right." I thought they must have had some kind of traumatic experience to write and sing a song about where the bathroom is.

Anne

When I was younger, I thought that in the chorus of "There's a Bad Moon on the Rise", that the man was singing "There's a bathroom on the right". It always seemed rather pretentious that the man automatically assumed that the woman was staying with him and needed to use the restroom.

Piper

When my sister and I were young, my parents listened to a lot of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Well, for years we thought the words to "Bad Moon RIsin'" were "There's a bathroom on the right" instead of "There's a Bad Moon on the Rise"! My mom just let us sing it that way and didn't correct us until we were older because she thought it was funny!

Kellie

The song 'there's a bad moon out to night.' i thought they were saying 'there's a bathroom on the right.'

kim in alabama

CCR's Bad moon on the rise...as I child I heard "there's a bathroom on the right" rather than the correct lyrics...ooops!!

Hannah

There's a bad moon on the rise = There's a bathroom on the right

Anon

Where's the restroom? Well, a very well known song by Credence Clearwater Revival goes, "... Don't go out tonight, it's bound to take your life. There's a bad moon on the rise."
When I was five until I was about nine, I used to think the song said, "....There's a bathroom on the right."

I always got a little embarrased when that line came 'round. Never liked people telling me where the bathroom was, assuming I needed to "go."

Rev. C.K. Eddlemon

When I heard "Don't Come Out Tonight(Bad Moon on the Rise), I thought they were saying Bathroom on the Right.

helen.sellers

i think its a cat stevens song...it goes like this "there's a bad moon on the rise". my friend actually thought its: there's a bathroom on the right"!! isn't that really sweet??

wac

i always used to think they were saying in the song "bad moon on the rise" by credence clearwater revival "there's a bathroom on the right."

tony

As a child, I thought the lyrics to CCR's Bad Moon Risin were "there's a bathroom on the right" instead of "there's a bad moon on the rise." It made perfect sense to me - we always listened to CCR on family road trips.

Katie

In that Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Bad Moon Rising", instead of "there's a bad moon on the rise" I heard "there's a bathroom on the right".

lil_amsterdam

My mom used to think the song "Theres a bad moon on the rise" actully said "Theres a bathroom on the right."

MacKenzie

A very dear friend of mine used to think the CCR song "Bad moon on the rise" was "Bathroom on the right". Whenever we went out, someone would ask, Hey Jess where's the bathroom? oh yah, it's on the right...

Rhett Schramm

When I was little, often the music on my sister's radio would be popular rock music of the time (70's). Several songs happen to be played a lot and they never seemed to enunciate clearly so my child's mind filled in the missing and unclear syllables. One song always sounded like directions to the restroom which as a kid, which I felt was conveying important and useful information. It wasn't until I was in college that I found out the song line was "There's a bad moon on the rise" and not "There's a bathroom on the right." Another song sounded as though someone was making spaghetti sauce for a whole lot of people. It wasn't until a few years ago that I found out the true song lyrics were "Guantan amira," about a girl from Guantanamo Bay, not "I need a one ton tomata". Hey, to a kid, how do you make spaghetti sauce for a thousand people, right? You need a really big tomatoe!

Sheila

CCR's Bad moon on the Rise, I swear it sounded liket they were singing, "There's a bathroom on the Right"

SMC

from bad moon rising... "there is a bad moon on the rise" i always sang "there is a bathroom on the right" till i was about 30 yrs old. CCR

cdj

Up until I was about 14 years old, I've always thought that the CCR song "Bad Moon Rising" went like this..."There's a bathroom on the right" ..didnt realize it until years later...that was'nt the case.

Wally D

When I was little, my mom would play CCR. My favorite song was "bathroom on the right"... later I learned it was "bad moon on the rise". Even now I catch myself singing my old verses!

melissab

When i was little we were listening to the song, "There's A Bad Moon" something something...i forgot it's name XD

But anyway, my whole family was singing it, and i yelled out, "THERES A BATHROOM ON THE RIGHT!" and everyone looked at me. -_-

Choo Choo Chan