A Good Man's Experience At The Woodstock Festival In August 1969

Historical context: This song is also meant to be a protest song of the vietnam war, with the final lyrics referring to music, large crowds, rain, and the crowds trying to keep warm being about the band's experience at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The song's overall topical appeal made it unusual in the time of its release and it helps it stay popular 40 years later. There is also a line in the song's second verse about "five-year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains" that can indicate self centered politicians and things about the government.

Symbols/Metaphors: the lines “Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun” symbolize the men at war still having the hope of making it home. The men that go to war feel that there is still hope in seeing their loved ones even though they are going through a really hard time at war.
The men are hopeful that even though “it’s raining” on then that one day “the sun will come out” and they will be able to go home to their loved ones. I feel that this song is a way to give them hope in seeing their families and it’s sending a message that even though it’s stormy out the sun always comes out.

Overall meaning: the overall meaning is that Fogerty is singing that he is sick of all the empty promises that politicians use and when he is singing about the singers playing and the crowd rushing up to them, despite the rain, its symbolism for people of the politicians