The Oak Ridge Boys

[fox69]

"Our Love Is Here To Stay"

"Our Love Is Here To Stay"


They all said our love was too long a shot
If we had listened to them we wouldn’t have what we’ve got.
I know we’ve struggled all the way
But we survived to say
Our love is here to stay

[CHORUS:]
Through the storms, through the nights
You and I held each other tight
Knowing the dawn was never far away.
Oh through it all we have found
Our love is standing on solid ground
It’s alive and well today
Our love is here to stay.

Baby looking back on where we’ve been
If I had the chance I’d do it all again
Bring on tomorrow come what may
There’s nothing we can’t face
Our love is here to stay.

[CHORUS]

Oh yer, oh through it all we have found
Our love is standing on solid ground
It’s alive and well today
Our love is here to stay.

Through the nights. through the night
You and I held each other tight
Knowing the dawn was never far away.
Oh through it all we have found
Our love is standing on solid ground
It’s alive and well today
Our love is here to stay.

 

[fox69]

"Ozark Mountain Jubilee"

"Ozark Mountain Jubilee"


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.
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

 

[fox69]

"Power Of Goodbye"

"Power Of Goodbye"


I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the walls closing in on me
I never dreamed it would be like this.
When it’s all said and done
When you know that the only one
You have ever loved is gone
That’s how it really is.
[CHORUS:]
I felt the power of love
I thought that that’s all there was
There was nothing as strong as the ties that bind
Woh but I know I was wrong
Baby since you’re gone
I know that nothing
Nothing can touch you
Like the power of goodbye.
You used to make me feel like a man
You had me believing I was more than I am
There was power in those times we spent together
Wish I had known then what I know now
Wish I had seen it coming somehow
I would have risked my heart for the stormy weather.
[CHORUS:]
[CHORUS:]
I felt the power of love
I thought that that’s all there was
There was nothing as strong as the ties that bind
Woh but I know I was wrong [fading]

 

[fox69]

"Private Lives"

"Private Lives"


Another show is over, the lights go down
The loading ups begun
We sang a lot of country songs
We put our hearts in every single one.

We climb aboard our time machine
Tail lights disappear into the night,
No-one knows how many miles
Before we get back to private lives.

Like brothers we share memories
Brothers in the harmonies we sing.
As different as the clothes we wear
But like a family we share our name.
We all lay a dream or two aside for private lives.

Like the smoky mountain back roads
You know where our music’s coming from
Rolling, rolling, rolling.
Take it to the California sun.

Telephone, calling home
Pouring out our feelings on the line.
Oh I love you, I miss you too
Never losing touch with private lives.

Like brothers we share memories
Brothers in the harmonies we sing.
As different as the clothes we wear
But like a family we share our name.
We all lay a dream or two aside for private lives.
We all lay a dream or two aside for private lives.

 

[fox69]

"Rainbow At Midnight"
(feat. Patti Labelle)

"Rainbow At Midnight"
(feat. Patti Labelle)



Tonight love without warning
Stole right into this room
And amazed me like morning
Cause the night is far from over
But the light is shining through.
And there's a rainbow at midnight
And the faint glow won't loose
There's a rainbow at midnight
Shining all the way from here to you.
You can live life without dreaming
Or your dreams never come true
But to save me that worry
With a dream to keep believing
When the rest have fallen through
And there's a rainbow at midnight
And the faint glow won't loose
There's a rainbow at midnight
Shining all the way from here to you.
Heaven is saying
This time love won't leave you
Never be afraid or blue.
There's a rainbow at midnight
There's a faint glow won't loose
There's a rainbow at midnight
Shining all the way from here to you.
There's a rainbow at midnight
There's a faint glow won't loose
There's a rainbow at midnight
Shining all the way from here to you.

 

[fox69]

"Ready To Take My Chances"

"Ready To Take My Chances"


I've been down the road of love so many times it scares me
But I guess I've always taken the wrong track
'Cause every time I gave my heart away it just got broken.
Love took me for a ride then circled back
But now I'm ready to take my chances
On falling in love with you,
Faith to give love one last final try.
Ready to be loved again, held in someone's arms.
Ready to take my chances with you tonight
I never knew that love for me could be so warm and tender
I never knew a kiss would mean this much
But here I am losing all control of my defenses
Completely I surrender to your touch

 

[fox69]

"Rhythm Guitar"

"Rhythm Guitar"


Nobody wants to play rhythm guitar behind Jesus
Everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band

A preacher I once talked to in Washington DC
He told me preaching the gospel isn't all that it should be
I said that it didn't really surprise me but I've often wonder why
I never forget the words he said or the look that was in his eye

He said Nobody wants to play rhythm guitar behind Jesus
It seems like everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band
I know it's hard to get a beat on what's divine
When everybody pushing for the head of the line
I know it ain't working out at all the way we planned

I once shared a pizza with a pop star on the New York City street
He was the most unhappy prophet you would ever want to meet
He said he really wanted to save the world he just couldn't imagine how
But he'd written a song about what's gone wrong and I'm singing it to you now

 

[fox69]

"Roll Tennessee River"

"Roll Tennessee River"


Well I might have a big ol' catfish cookin' on the stove
I might be sittin' out in front porch swing
But when I hear that diesel whine it's time to pack my ol' guitar
Sayin' goodbye river I'll see you in my dreams

I'm motorin' up to Detroit City
Then I'm headed south to try to burn Atlanta down
Singin' the songs that I wrote on a flat bottomed boat
Livin' on the Tennessee River in the heart of Alabam'

Roll Tennessee River
(Keep On) Rollin' through my soul
Roll Tennessee River
(Won't You) Go with me wherever I go

Well I might be anywhere from Maine to California
Sittin' in some hotel room so cold
Watchin' the world go by in a rush
From the window of a bus
Thinkin' about my baby in Muscle Shoals

I'm gonna be up rockin' all night in New York City
Then I'm goin' down to play the blues in Lousiann'
North and south, it's all the same
Faces with no name
Givin' me smiles to take back home to Alabam'

I can hear that river bank callin'
I can feel that current runnin' strong
In every song
In every song

 

[fox69]

"Sacrifice… For Me"

"Sacrifice… For Me"


Boy grew up in Caroline
Tobacco farm on the mountainside
Played football for the high school team
Fell in love with Sally Jean
Heard the call of his Uncle Sam
Headed off to Viet Nam
When he comes home gonna settle down
But somewhere, in a river
The soldier died...
For me

Navajo boy stares at the sky
Tired of the reservation life
He has hopes. He has dreams
Joins the United States Marines
Marine works hard, he pulls his weight
His people are proud. He's a hero they say
When he comes home, gonna be a great day
But somewhere, in a desert
The Marine died...
For me

So I can live
In the land of free
Raise my kids
Live my dreams
There's a price
For liberty
Sacrifice... for me

Punches that clock at a half past eight
Just like any other day
Brooklyn fireman callin' home
Gonna be late something big is going on
The world had changed in just one day
The devil himself had sent those planes
When he gets home gonna hold his wife
But somewhere, in a tower
The fireman died...
For me

So I can live
In the land of free
Raise my kids
Live my dreams
There's a price
For liberty
Sacrifice... for me

Long black wall
Fields of green
Pillar of fire
Distant beach
Cross of white
The hero dies
Sacrifice...for me

 

[fox69]

"Sail Away"

"Sail Away"


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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sail away on the wings of love into the night [fading]