"I went down Virginia, seeking shelter from the storm"
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Squirreleen
N 37° 52.393 W 122° 17.686
10S E 562024 N 4191983
From the Creedence Clearwater/John Fogerty song "Who'll stop the Rain?"
Waymark Code: WM3PKJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2008
Views: 59
Virginia is an east-west running street in Berkeley, CA. Fogerty is singing about going down Virginia Street away from the U.C. campus and riots which were occurring there.
See Allen, Michael. "I just want to be a Cosmic Cowboy: Hippies, Cowboy Code, and the Culture of Counter Culture." Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3.
Musician: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Name of Song: Who'll Stop the Rain
Relevant Verse:
I went down Virginia, seeking shelter from the storm.
Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow.
Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder, still I wonder who'll stop the rain?
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