The Oak Ridge Boys

[fox69]

"Sincerely, I Remain"

"Sincerely, I Remain"


People they come and people go
Headed to who knows where
All up and down that long highway
Until they disappear

The grass is greener on the other side
Or so they all believe
But I'm looking out a different window
I'm planted like a tree

I love this old town, I love the old sounds
Church bells ringing and a midnight train
And I'll stay as unchanged
As tin roofs and rain
Sincerely I remain

And when I leave I always come back
To the arms that hold me tight
With the ones that I love gathered around me
My shelter from the storms of life

 

[fox69]

"Smaller"

"Smaller"


Things are obsolete before you get them home
They’re out of style the day you put ‘em on.
A bigger this, a faster that
If that’s really where it’s at
It makes me wanna make my world

[CHORUS:]
Smaller like the town where I was raised
Slower, an easy gentle pace
Fewer, things to take up space
There’s higher, there’s wider, there’s taller, but for me
Better isn’t bigger, it’s smaller.

In this frantic and expanding universe
You gotta get ahead, you gotta finish first
It’s gone too far, I’m spread too thin
I’ve got to find myself again
I’d like to see my circle grow.

[CHORUS:]

When I follow my own heart
It’s like the sound of a different drum
But if I listen I start to see my cares become

[CHORUS:]

 

[fox69]

"So Fine"

"So Fine"


So fine, so fine, so fine, yeah
My baby's so doggone fine
And she loves me, come rain, come shine
Woh-oh, yeah, so fine

She thrills me, she thrills me, she thrills me, yeah
My baby thrills me all the time
She sends cold chills up and down my spine
Woh-oh, yeah, so fine

Well, I know, I know she loves me so
Well, I know, I know because my baby tells me so-woh-woh
So fine, so fine, so fine, yeah
My baby's so doggone fine
She sends cold chills up and down my spine
Woh-oh, yeah, so fine

 

[fox69]

"Someplace Green"

"Someplace Green"


The good Lord made man, then he rested for a little while
Said look what I've done, ain't he pretty, then he cracked a smile
I'll watch him grow, I'll hear him talk, learn to love and fight
But when he's had his fill of these I'll walk him through the night

To someplace green (someplace green)
Someplace nice (someplace nice)
Someplace that I (ooh-ooh) call paradise
Growin' greener in the rain
Waitin' there for man to claim

The good Lord looked down on the earth one afternoon and frowned
Said man ain't learned an awful lot since I carved him out of ground
He's built a lot of steeples of clay and rocks and sand
But he hasn't learned to get along with his fellow man

And someplace green (someplace green)
Someplace nice (someplace nice)
Someplace that I (ooh-ooh) call paradise
Is growin' greener in the rain
Waitin' there for man to claim

The good Lord's been around a while, he'll turn a tee at least
And I guess he'll be around a while, when time and tide have ceased
Lookin' down from somewhere, tryin' hard to find
If man has earned his paradise the other side of time

And someplace green (someplace green)
Someplace nice (someplace nice)
Someplace that he calls paradise
Is growin' greener in the rain
Waitin' there for man to claim
Yes growin' green, green, green in the rai-ai-ain
Waitin' there for man to claim

 

[fox69]

"Something In The Water"

"Something In The Water"


One day I decided I would go
And wet my line down at the fishing hole
Found you sitting there in a calico dress
On the banks, bare feeting hanging over the edge.

It was July hot, about a hundred and ten
That river looked inviting so we jumped right in
We’d only been friends up until that summer
But that all changed the moment we went under.

Something in the water that we did not see
Reached up and grabbed a hold of you and me
Jumped in to cool off but we came out hotter
Lord have mercy must be something in the water.

We started smiling then we started laughing
We swam around, kicking and a splashing
Not sure exactly just what it was, but we
Dove in the river and fell in love.

Look at the surface, you don’t see nothing
But underneath, Lord, it’s really something
One little kiss was all it took
Came here to fish and we sure got hooked.

Something in the water that we did not see
Reached up and grabbed a hold of you and me
Jumped in to cool off but we came out hotter
Lord have mercy must be something in the water.

I believe that I could make a million bucks
If I could only find a way to bottle it up.

Something in the water that we did not see
Reached up and grabbed a hold of you and me
Jumped in to cool off but we came out hotter
Lord have mercy must be something in the water.
Lord have mercy must be something in the water.

 

[fox69]

"Something Worth Holding On To"

"Something Worth Holding On To"


Silver and gold or precious stones don’t mean a thing.
Ah they’ll buy you a thrill
Or a mansion on a hill
But life won’t change.
It’s a hard one to call
But I measure it all
By the things I can’t afford to lose.

When it comes to your love
That’s something worth holding on to.
If you’re saying goodbye tell me what I can believe in,
Oh what a cost to be lost in a world you’re leaving.

When I search my soul and let everything go
But the things that are tried and true.
When it comes to your love
That’s something worth holding on to.

Tell me the truth
Does it matter to you
What happens to me now?
Don’t tell me you care
Then leave me here feeling so left out.
Cause you know I’ll hold on
Even after you’ve gone
I wont give up on you

When it comes to your love
That’s something worth holding on to.
If you’re saying goodbye tell me what I can believe in.
Oh what a cost to be lost in a world you’re leaving.

Life’s a hard one to call
But I measure it all
By the things I can’t afford to lose.

When it comes to your love
That’s something worth holding on to.
When it comes to your love
That’s something worth holding on to.

 

[fox69]

"Sometimes The Rain Won't Let Me Sleep"

"Sometimes The Rain Won't Let Me Sleep"


You always loved the rain
You said it made your flowers grow
Your roses bloomed where others died
They loved you, I suppose
And it rained all night the first time
You gave your love to me
Now sometimes the rain won't let me sleep.

Sometimes the rain won't let me sleep
Cause each teardrop from heaven
Brings flooding memories
I can make it through the sunshine
Pretending you're with me
But sometimes the rain won't let me sleep.

You never were as strong as your love was for me
And that night you traded life for life
It rained inside of me
And how I love our little boy
You trusted me to keep
Ah, but sometimes the rain won't let me sleep.

Sometimes the rain won't let me sleep
Cause each teardrop from heaven
Brings flooding memories
I can make it through the sunshine
Pretending you're with me
But sometimes the rain won't let me sleep.

Ah, but sometimes the rain won't let me sleep...

 

[fox69]

"Somewhere In The Night"

"Somewhere In The Night"


Somewhere in the night
When you're feelin' safe and warm
Don't be surprised to find
It's a calm before the storm
Somewhere in the night
It's gonna hit like lightnin'
It's gonna be so frightnin'
When you find your love is gone

Somewhere in the night
There's a lady lost and lonely
She used to be your one and only
But that was yesterday
Somewhere in the night
There's a new romance unfoldin'
Some lucky stranger's holdin'
What you threw away

You think you'll do alright without her (without her)
You haven't begun to think about her (about her)
But somewhere in the night
It's gonna be over (over) over (over) over (over)

Somewhere in the night
There's a memory right behind you
You can bet it's gonna find you
Wonderin' what went wrong
Somewhere in the night
It's gonna hit like lightnin'
It's gonna be so frightnin'
When you find your love is gone

 

[fox69]

"Standin' By The River"

"Standin' By The River"


Now when me and Ginny were sweet sixteen
We’d go down to the river at night.
Take a brand new penny make a wish and then
Throw it into the river wide.
She would never tell me what she wished
I never told her mine, standin’ by the river.
We were standin’ by the river
Holding to each other
Dreamin’ bout the other side.
Well now we got married and we moved away
Had to leave the easy world behind
But we took whatever God carried our way
Made the best out of the hardest times
I would hold her in my arms at night
Dreamin’ of the times standin’ by the river.
We were standin’ by the river
Holding to each other
Dreamin’ bout the other side.
We were just like that old river
Saw a lot of things come and go
But the love we had for one another
Kept on flowing.
Now I’ve still got my Ginny, it’s been twelve years
And we’re back upon the riverbank
Gonna throw me a penny in the river again
Gonna say a little word of thanks.
God I hope her every wish came true
I know I got mine, standin’ by the river
We were standin’ by the river
Holding to each other
Dreamin’ bout the other side.
We were standin’ by the river
Holding to each other
Dreamin’ bout the other side.
Yer –
Standin’ by the river, Standin’ by the river,
Standin’ by the river.

 

[fox69]

"Stay With Me"

"Stay With Me"


I, I want you to know
That I love you
A million times more
Than anyone that I’ve known before.
Cause you, you fill up my heart
You touch me and kindle a flame
That’s as bright as the stars
But I burn out if you ever go.
So stay with me, stay with me, stay
Tonight and the rest of my days.
I need you more than it shows
All of your body and soul.
You are the light of my life
You are the one thing that’s right
So let’s take it all of the way
Stay with me, stay with me, stay.
Tonight the light in your hair
Is soft as the wind
There’s a magical moon in the air
But it disappears the minute you’re gone.
So stay with me, stay with me, stay
Tonight and the rest of my days
I need you more than it shows
All of your body and soul
You are the light of my life
You are the one thing that’s right
So let’s take it all of the way
Stay with me, stay with me, stay.
So stay with me, stay with me, stay
Tonight and the rest of my days
I need you more than it shows
All of your body and soul
You are the light of my life
You are the one thing that’s right
So let’s take it all of the way
Stay with me, stay with me, stay with me, stay with me, stay.