Oak Ridge Boys Chords and Lyrics
- American Made
- Baby You'll Be My Baby Lyrics
- Bobbie Sue Lyrics
- Bridges And Walls Lyrics
- Come On In Lyrics
- Cryin' Again Lyrics
- Dream On Lyrics
- Elvira
- Everyday Lyrics
- I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes Lyrics
- I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head Lyrics
- I'll Be True To You
- I'm Settin' Fancy Free Lyrics
- It Takes A Little Rain (To Make Love Grow) Lyrics
- Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Lyrics
- Little Things Lyrics
- Love Song Lyrics
- No Matter How High Lyrics
- Ozark Mountain Jubilee Lyrics
- Sail Away Lyrics
- (You're My) Soul And Inspiration Lyrics
- Thank God For Kids
- The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor Lyrics
- Trying to Love Two Women Lyrics
- Would They Love Him Down In Shreveport Lyrics
- Y'all Come Back Saloon Lyrics
- You're The One Lyrics
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American Made - Oak Ridge Boys
[G] Seems everything I [C] buy these days
Has got a foreign [G] name
>From the kind of [C] car I drive
To my video [D] game
I got a NIKKON [C] camera
A Sony color Tee[G] Vee
But the one that I [C] love is from the [D] U.S.A.
And standing next to [G] me.
[G] My baby is American Made
[D] Born and bred in the U.S.A.
>From her [G] silky long hair to her sexy long legs
My [D] baby is American [G] Made.
She looks good in her tight blue jeans
She bought in Mexico
And she loves wearing French perfume
Everywhere we go
But when it comes to the lovin' part
One thing is true
My baby's genuine U.S.A.
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Baby You'll Be My Baby - Oak Ridge Boys
Daybreak pressin' on the windowpane
No music playin' no mornin' rain
Nothin' but feelings leading me on
I'm just talkin' to you while you sleep in my arms.
As long as I'm here on earth
Baby you'll be my baby
All of my love's in these simple words
Baby you'll be my baby
As long as I'm here on earth.
Life isn't perfect and never will be
But it doesn't matter 'cause you're perfect for me
Through heartaches and mistakes passion and pain
Down to my last breath I'll call your name.
(Repeat chorus)
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Bobbie Sue - Oak Ridge Boys
I heard about her from a friend of mine
He said she lived across the county line
The sweetest grape that ever grew on the vine
And now that's where I'm spending all my time
Her Daddy, Robert and her Mama, Ruth
They had a daughter they named Bobbie Sue
And now she's eighteen and she knows the truth
Nobody's gonna tell her what to do
Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bobbie Sue
Can't, can't you see my love is true
I want to ma-ma-ma-ma-marry you
Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bobbie Sue
I'll take her driving on a Friday night
Straight down the highway in the clear moonlight
My Chevy's humming as she holds me tight
We'll find a preacher and we'll do it right
Her Daddy told her that she'd have to wait
Her Mama said don't make a big mistake,
But we'll keep driving till we're out of state
And when they find us it'll be too late.
Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bobbie Sue
Can't, can't you see my love is true
I want to ma-ma-ma-ma-marry you
Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bob-Bobbie Sue
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Bridges And Walls Oak Ridge Boys
Some friends you cry for
You I would die for
And I love you too much to beg you to stay
You have your own plans
But it makes my heart sad
Watching my best friend walking away.
Love's never easy
And who knows what's fair
I guess I'm still feeling
What's no longer there
When hearts go to pieces
Love crumbles and falls
Like stones made of memories
From bridges and walls.
Hope tomorrow brings good news
'Cause I'm sure gonna miss you
If I look away now please understand
'Cause my eyes refuse to see
Something I can't believe
The very best part of me comes to an end.
(Repeat chorus)
Like stones made of memories
Bridges and walls.
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Come On In - Oak Ridge Boys
When I get tired and a little lonely
The world's turned its cold back on me
When I'm about the swear I ain't got a friend left to my name
Instead of sinkin' a little lower
I start makin' tracks on over
To a place where the sun shines day and night and I know I'll hear you say
Come on in baby take your coat off
Come on in baby take a load off
Come on in baby shake the blues off
I'm gonna love that frown away
Come on in baby put a smile on
Come on in baby tell me what's wrong
Come on in the blues will be long gone
I'm gonna love your hurtin' away.
When I feel a lonesome night comin' on
Everything I did all day went wrong
There's a black cloud followin' me around and I just can't get away
Instead of sinkin' a little lower
I start makin' tracks on over
To a place wher ethe sun shines day and night and I know I'll hear you say
(repeat chorus 4 times and clap your hands to the beat!)
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Cryin' Again - Oak Ridge Boys
You told me that our love was forever
But you never really meant it that way
You said we had a sweet situation
But I'm waking up without you instead.
Cryin' again
We're out of love again
Cryin' again
Like we've nearly always been
Cryin' again
I wonder when I won't be cryin' again.
I thought we had a real understanding
But you never understood what I said
The magic didn't last like we planned it
But we've wasted all the feelings instead.
(Repeat chorus)
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Dream On - Oak Ridge Boys
Lay your head down on my shoulder
I won't let the night get colder
I'll protect you, I'll be keepin'
Trouble far from where you're sleepin'.
Until you wake in the mornin'
You've got the world to yourself.
Dream on
Dream about the world we're gonna live in one fine day
Dream on
Spent the night in heaven I'll be here to light your way.
Someday tomorrow we'll smile
But little girl in the meanwhile
Dream on.
You're a princess chains around you
I'm a hero who just found you
'Til a brand new day must wake you
Let imagination take you
Go where the music is playing
I'll be along in awhile.
(repeat chorus)
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Elvira - The Oakridge Boys
G D G
Elvira, Elvira, My heart's on fire for Elvira
Verse 1
G
Eyes that look like heaven
Lips like cherry wine
D
That girl can sho'nuff make my little light shine
G G7 C Bb
I get a funny feelin' up and down my spine
G D G
Cause I know that my Elvira's mine
CHORUS
G D G
I'm singing Elvira, Elvira, My heart's on fire for Elvira
G
Giddy up, a oom papa oom papa mow mow,
G
Giddy up, a oom papa oom papa mow mow,
G D G
Hi-yo silver away
Verse 2
G
Tonight I'm gonna meet her
At the hungry house cafe
D
And I'm gonna give her all the love I can
G
She's gonna jump and holler
C Bb
'Cause I saved up my last two dollar
G D G
And we're gonna search and find that preacher man
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Everyday - Oak Ridge Boys
You know a smile
Never goes out of style
So brighten up the one that you wear
Let it shine
And you just might find
You'll lighten up the load that you bear.
You know with all the trouble and sorrow in the world
It seems like the least we can do
Just take that smile into the street
And share it with everybody you meet.
Everyday (Everyday) I want to shake somebody's hand
Everyday (Everyday) I want make somebody know (that thinks they can) that they can (yes
they can)
Everyday (Everyday) I want to try (I want to try)
To show my brothers and sisters that I want to help them along the way Everyday, Everyday.
You know a kind work
Never goes unheard
But too often goes unsaid
And on the tongue
Of the old and the young
Gets swallowed up with pride instead.
You know with all the trouble and sorrow in the world
It seems like the least we can do
Just take a kind word into the street
And share it with everybody you meet.
(repeat chorus)
If they're lost I want to show them the sunshine
If they look tossed I want to throw them a lifeline
I want the reach out my hand (reach out) a hand to hold
Oh yeah, and let 'em know (let 'em know) there's a light (that there's light) down at the end of
the road.
If they're lost I want to show them the sunshine
If they're tossed I want to throw them a lifeline.
(repeat chorus 1 1/2 times)
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I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes Oak Ridge Boys
Sometimes I feel a wave
Of a past break in my mind
And I know it's gone for good
And it makes me want to cry
Is this all we get to keep
As the years go rollin' by
Just a memory
For all the days gone by.
Oh you're always in my heart
And you're often on my mind
I will never let it die
Just as long as I'm alive
Sometimes it makes me sad
That we never said goodbye
Oh I guess it never hurts
To hurt sometimes.
You try and hold on to the moment
But time won't let you stay
But for every step you take
You lose something on the way
You can't look forward to tomorrow
And still hold on to yesterday
Oh I hope that you can hear me
When I'm saying
(Repeat chorus twice)
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I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)
Oak Ridge Boys
I wish you could have turned my head and left my heart alone
Ever since I met you, baby, you have done me wrong.
You walk by and you shake that thing and you know I'm not that strong,
But I wish you could have turned my head and left my heart alone.
First time I laid eyes on you, got caught up in your sway;
Thought I didn't have a chance and then you looked my way.
From the longin' to the lovin', girl, we've made it all the way,
But for all the hunger in my eyes my heart has had to pay.
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I'll Be True o You - Oak Ridge Boys
CAPO SECOND FRET.
e-------2-------------2-------------2---0---2~0---0-----0---|
B-----3---3---3-----3---3---3-----3---3---3-----3---3~0---3-|
G---2-------2-----2-------2-----0---------------------------|
D-0---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------4-------------2-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
* note that ~ denotes a pull off to the following note.
Repeat the introduction twice, then the first verse begins playing the same
pattern three times. For the last line of the verse, "but he was goin' so
far, far away.", you play the chords C, G, and A in the rhythm 1 2 + + 4
strumming up on the +. Then this line is followed by an ascending 6th's lick.
Verse 1:
They met upon a blue moon,
and they parted on a cloudy day.
They were so in love and out of school,
C G A
but he was goin' so far, far away.
Ascending 6th's lick:
e-------------------------------|
B-2---3---5---7---8---10--------|
G-------------------------------|
D-2---4---5---7---9---11--------|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
For the chorus you strum the chords D A G G in this rythm:
1 + 3, again strumming up on the +.
Chorus 1:
She said,
D A G G
I'll be true to you
D A G G
even though you don't want me to,
D A G G
and I'll be blue for you
D A G G
even though you've asked me not to.
For the second verse you play the same as the first without the ascending
6th's pattern, and then you repeat it. On the second time you do play the
6th's pattern and go to the chorus.
Verse 2:
Well the years drifted by them as we all know they can
he found other women, but she refused other men.
But as fate would have it, they met again.
She was on a downhill slide, he was just slidin' in.
As he looked into her eyes that night, he never realized,
the only real love in his life was passin' by.
When he turned and left her there, his words goodbye,
he heard her callin' out to him and as he walked she cried,
Chorus 2 is played the same as chorus 1.
Chorus 2:
I've been true to you,
seems like speakin' to me is the least that you could do.
And I've been blue for you,
even though you've asked me not to.
Verse 3 is played exactly like verse 1.
Verse 3:
She'd been drinkin' way too hard one night, she'd been drinkin' way too long
Alone and pale in a cheap hotel, she died there in the dawn.
Kneeling by her grave oh so late and oh so wrong,
he longed to hold her close again crying on and on.
Chorus 3 is played the same as 1 and 2.
He cried,
I'll be true to you,
after all that I have put you through.
And I'll be blue for you,
though you never even asked me to.
After the last line you strum G again then A twice, and then D (down strokes).
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I'm Settin' Fancy Free - Oak Ridge Boys
I'm settin' Fancy free
because she wants to go
She's tired of lovin' me
She told me so
I guess she don't know
Just how much she means to me
But along with all my dreams
I'm settin' Fancy free.
Yes I'm settin' Fancy free
Even though I love her still
She'd be no good to me
If I held her against her will
Even though that girl
She's the best part of my world
Along with all my dreams
I'm settin' Fancy free.
Oh Lord you just don't know
How it hurts to say goodbye
She did her best to stay
I can't say she did not try
I just hope the road she takes
Leads back to me
So along with all my dreams
I'm settin' Fancy free.
(repeat chorus 2 3/4 times)
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It Takes A Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)
Oak Ridge Boys
Sometimes we're friends
Sometimes we're strangers
And though there are tears
There's always love
It hurts when you cry
From words thrown in anger
Warm feelings run deep
But that's not enough.
It takes a little rain
To make love grow
It's the heartache and the pain
That makes the real heart show
Where the sun always shines
There's a desert below
It takes a little rain
To make love grow.
Hearts disagree then they grow closer
Honesty wins when it's someone you trust
Forever takes time
True love is never over
It's filled with new starts
Just look at us.
(Repeat chorus)
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Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight
Oak Ridge Boys
Mary took to running with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a sad case, so broken hearted
She say, momma, I got to go, gotta get outta here
I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
'Round and around nobody knows but the highway
Goes on forever, that ol' highway rolls on forever.
Lord, she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
She say, daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
He'll be long gone before you know it
He'll be long gone before you know it.
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight.
This is down in the swampland, anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
It's the real thing down in Louisiana
Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot down in Louisiana
The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
There ain't no time for lengthy speeches.
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
'Round and around nobody knows but the highway
Goes on forever, that ol' highway rolls on forever.
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Little Things - Oak Ridge Boys
It's the way you kiss me when we're walkin' down the street
It's the words you whisper when we're driftin' off to sleep
A certain way you touch me, the way you say "hello"
Baby it's the little things that make me love you so.
The way you pour your coffee in the early mornin' light
The way you call my name out in the middle of the night
How you sit for hours singin' with the radio
Baby it's the little things that make me love you so.
It's not the memories or all that we've been through
It's not the distant dreams that keep me coming back to you
It's not the promises that keep me warm at night
It's just the every day, it's just the safe and sound, it's just our home sweet home.
And when we're old and gray now and the kids have gone away
We're alone together I may turn to you and say
There's something I forgot to tell you and by now I think you'll know
Baby it's the little things that make me love you so.
Woah woah, Baby it's the little things that make me love you so.
Walkin' in the park, kissin' in the dark
The little things that baby makes me feel alright now
Baby it's the little things that make me love you
Baby it's the little things that make me love you so
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Love Song - Oak Ridge Boys
Tell you why I called on you
This is what we're going to do
Take this lovely gift of love
Sent to us from Heaven above
I said baby I think that we can help each other see (oh yeah)
We'd make this life that we're living seem
more like it's supposed to be
Well ev'ry man should have a good woman
Ev'ry woman should have a good man
Won't you stand along beside me
Let me do the best I can
Take each other's heart in hand.
I want to sing just a little love song
I want to sing for a little while
Back up and toe the line for you
I want to be your all in all.
(Repeat chorus)
Bless you babe, I love you so
Love from whom all blessings flow
Me to you and you to me
This is how it's going to be
I said baby we're gonna know the joy
the years can bring (oh yeah)
And every time I think about it
I just want to lift my heart and sing (on more time)
Ev'ry man should have a good woman
Ev'ry woman should have a good man
Won't you stand along beside me
Let me do the best I can
Take each other's heart in hand.
(Repeat chorus 2-3 times)
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No Matter How High - Oak Ridge Boys
When I was a young boy I would dream about life
And wonder just how sweet it would be
But baby I got lucky when I met you that night
Now you'll always have this promise from me.
No matter how high I get
I'll always look up to you
You'll always be number one
I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me
Baby I must confess
I'll always look up to you
No matter how high I get.
Up here on this mountain it gets crazy sometimes
So crazy I don't know what to do
When I've had it up to here with all of their lies
I count on you to tell me the truth.
(Repeat chorus)
You are the one that turned it around
You help me keep my feet on the ground.
(Repeat chorus)
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Ozark mountain Jubilee - Oak Ridge Boys
I hear a rooster crowin'
It's a frosty mornin'
I can almost see the sign
Goin' so fast I can't stop
I'm just a stones-throw from Little Rock
Headin' for that Missouri line
Don't need a map to get there
You can get there from anywhere
When you're goin' in your head
I can see the arms outreachin'
Just like the day I was leavin'
It's been oh so many years.
Let me get on the Frisco Silver Dollar Line
Take my time
And see all I can see
Fiddler rosin up your bow
We'll have our own
Ozark Mountain Jubilee
If I can't be a favorite son
I'll be the prodigal one
'Cause I've been gone too long
Oh how the years have flown by
Oh how I've realized
How much of me is gone.
(repeat chorus)
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Sail Away The Oak Ridge Boys
Across the bay a lady waits to hold me tight,
And my boat and I are ready to set sail.
If the weather keeps on holdin' and the wind is right
I'll be wrapped up in my sweet one's arms tonight.
As I skip across the waves my sails are high and full,
My mind is on the one I wait to see.
And I dream about an island somewhere in my mind,
Where someday I will take her off with me.
Then a smile comes upon me as I look across the bow;
I see a lady on the side.
But she will wait no more as I head for the shore,
Cause tonight I'm gonna take her for a ride.
And we will sail away on the wings of love into the night,
Cast out our fortunes on the sea.
Then we will go to sleep together with the rocking of the water,
And dream of how our life will someday be,
When she sails away with me.
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(You're My) Soul And Inspiration Oak Ridge Boys
Girl I can't let you do this
Let you walk away
Girl how can I live through this
When you're all I wake up for each day
Baby.
You're my soul and my inspiration
You're all I've got to get me by
You're my soul and my inspiration
Without you baby what good am I
Woh what good am I.
I never had much goin'
But at least I had you
How can you walk out knowin'
I ain't got nothin' left if you do
Baby.
(Repeat chorus)
Baby
I can't make without you
And I'm telling you honey
You're my reason for laughin' for cryin'
For livin' for dyin'.
Baby
Please I'm beggin' you baby
I can't make it without you
If you go it'll kill me
I swear it I can't live without you
(Repeat chorus)
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Thank God For Kids - The Oak Ridge Boys
If it [D] weren't for kids have you [G] ever thought
[D] There wouldn't be no [A7] Santa Claus
Or [G] look what the stork just [A7] brought
THANK GOD FOR [D] KIDS ...[A7]
And [D] we'd all live in a [G] quiet house
With-[D] out Big Bird or [A7] Mickey Mouse
And [G] Kool Aid on the couch
[A7] THANK GOD FOR [D] KIDS.
THANK [G] GOD FOR KIDS, there's [A7] magic for a [D] while
A [G] special kind of [A7] sunshine in a [D] smile
Do you [G] ever stop to [A7] think or wonder [Bm] why ...[G]
The nearest [D] thing to [Em] heaven [Em7] is a [Cmaj7] child...[A7]
When you [D] get down on your [G] knees tonight
To [D] thank the Lord for His [A7] guiding light
And [G] pray they turn out [A7] rignt
THANK GOD FOR [D] KIDS.
Daddy, how does this thing fly?
And a hundred other wheres and whys
You really don't know but you try
THANK GOD FOR KIDS.
When you look down in those trusting eyes
That look to you, you realize
There's a love that you can't buy
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The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor - Oak Ridge Boys
Among the local taverns they'll be a slack in business
'Cause Jesse's drinkin' came before the groceries and the rent
Among the local women they'll be a slack in cheatin'
'Cause Jesse won't be be steppin' out again.
They baptized Jesse Taylor in Cedar Creek last Sunday
Jesus gained a soul and Satan lost a good right arm
They all cried "Hallelujah" as Jesse's head went under
'Cause this time he went under for the Lord.
The scars on Jesse's knuckles were more than just respected
The county courthouse records tell all there is to tell
The pockets of the gamblers will soon miss Jesse's money
And the black eye of the law will soon be well.
(repeat chorus)
From now on Nancy Taylor can proudly speak to neighbors
Tell how much Jesse took up with little Jim
Now Jimmy's got a daddy and Jesse's got a family
And Franklin County's got a lot more man.
(repeat chorus)
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Trying to Love Two Women Oak Ridge Boys
Trying to love two women is like a ball and chain.
Trying to love two women is like a ball and chain.
Sometimes the pleasure ain't worth the strain.
It's a long old grind, and it tires your mind.
Trying to hold two women is tearing me apart.
Trying to hold two women is tearing me apart.
One's got my money, the other's got my heart.
It's a long old grind, and it tires your mind.
When you try to please two women, you can't please yourself.
When you try to please two women, you can't please yourself.
At best it's only half good; a man can't stock two shelves.
It's a long old grind, and it tires your mind.
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Would They Love Him Down In Shreveport Oak Ridge Boys
If they saw Him riding in, long hair flying in the wind,
Would they love Him down in Shreveport today?
If they heard He was a Jew and a Palestinian too,
Would they love Him down in Nashville today?
If they saw Him talk with ease to the junkies, whores, and thieves,
Would they love Him out in Wichita today?
Would the rich men think it funny if He said give up your money?
Would they love Him up on Wall Street today?
If He made the wine from water, gave it to their sons and daughters,
What would the folks in Salt Lake City say?
If He talked of brotherhood as he walked their neighborhoods,
Would they love Him up in Boston today?
If He said love those who use you, and forgive those who abuse you,
If He turned the other cheek, what would you say?
Would you laugh and call Him crazy, and just send Him on his way,
If Jesus came to your town today?
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Y'all Come Back Saloon - Oak Ridge Boys
She played tamborine with a silver jingle
And she must have known the words to at least a million tunes
But the one most requested by the man she knew as "Cowboy"
Was a late night benediction at the Y'all Come Back Saloon.
In a voice soft and tembling she'd sing her song to Cowboy
As a smokey halo circled 'round her raven hair
And all the fallen angels, the pinball-playin' rounders
Stop the games that they'd been playin' for the losers evenin' prayer.
Faded love and faded memories
How they linger in her mind
Miles and years played the Cowboy like an old melody
Out of tune and out of time.
Every night in the shadows thinking back on Amarillo
He'd dream of better days and ask for "Faded Love"
Lifting high his glass in honor of the lady and her song
He payed his check then lonely walked that broken Cowboy home.
(repeat chorus 3 times)
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You're The One - Oak Ridge Boys
Many's the time I have looked in the water
And had no reflection to show
Oh, and many's the time I have stood at the crossroads
Not knowing which way to go.
Many's the time someone lay close beside me
And I don't remember her name
They'll say that I'm just a smile and a moment
But that was before you came.
You're the one in a million
You're the one, you're the one
You're the one in a million I see
You're the one in a million
You're the one, you're the one
You're the one in a million for me.
All of the others were places to go to
When I had nowhere to sleep
Well, I never made any promises to them
None they'd expect me to keep.
(Repeat chorus)
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