"Lodi" is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Recorded in March 1969, it was released in April, four months before the album, as the B-side of "Bad Moon Rising", the lead single from Green River.
[5] The song describes the plight of a down-and-out musician whose career has landed him playing gigs in the town of Lodi, California[citation needed].
After playing in local bars, the narrator finds himself stranded and unable to raise bus or train fare to leave.
"[7] The song's arrangement includes a change of key in the final verse of the track, emphasising the melancholy drama of the lyric, "If I only had a dollar for every song I sung..."[5] Billboard described the single as having "an easy beat," being as powerful as its flip side "Bad Moon Rising" and as having a similar feel to Creedence Clearwater Revival's earlier single "Proud Mary.