The Oak Ridge Boys

[fox69]

"Where Can I Surrender"

"Where Can I Surrender"


Ever one to run away, ever one to leave
Never one to hang around, never one to grieve.
If love turned into labour I would just resign
Working through the hard times never crossed my mind.

I’m guilty of entering and breaking hearts so dear
I’m guilty of unlawful flight and failing to appear
I’ve committed all the crimes of love, every felony
Now I have but one defence, to plead insanity.

O where can I surrender, I’m tired of being free
I want love to come and make a prisoner out of me
I’m a big offender, o love come capture me
Lock me in your velvet cell and throw away the key.

Events have come full circle now, I spend my nights alone
Where love was once so full and free, love has up and gone
If God should just see fit to send sweet love my way again
I’d die before I’d run away and be like I have been.

Oh where can I surrender, I’m tired of being free
I want love to come and make a prisoner out of me
I’m a big offender, o love come capture me
Lock me in your velvet cell and throw away the key.
Lock me in your velvet cell and throw away the key.

 

[fox69]

"Where The Fast Lane Ends"

"Where The Fast Lane Ends"


There's a peaceful place
That I swear I've seen
In a photograph
In all my dreams.
Just waiting there
Just around the bend
Can't wait to get to
Where the fast lane ends.
Where the fast lane ends
Where the fast lane ends
I'm getting off there
Where the fast lane ends.
It's just a little way
I've got to go till then.
I can't wait to get to
Where the fast lane ends.
Working overtime
Trying to kill myself
On the outside blind
Chasing fame and wealth.
I want to spend some time
With my laid back friends.
I'm gonna do that
Where the fast lane ends.
Where the fast lane ends
Where the fast lane ends
I'm pulling off there
Where the fast lane ends.
It's just a little way
I've got to go till then.
I can't wait to get to
Where the fast lane ends.
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do do do-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo.
Where the fast lane ends,
Where the fast lane ends
Where the fast lane ends,
Where the fast lane ends
I'm going back to
Where the fast lane ends.
I'm gonna spend some time,
Gonna spend some time
With my long lost friends
with my long lost friends
I'm gonna do that
Where the fast lane ends.
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do do do-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo.

 

[fox69]

"Where The Soul Never Dies"

"Where The Soul Never Dies"


To Canaan's land I'm on my way where the soul of man never dies
My darkest night will turn to day where the soul of man never dies
There will be no sad farewell, there will be no tear dimmed eyes
Where all His deeds, His joy and love and the soul of man never dies
A rose is blooming there for me where the soul of man never dies
And I shall live eternally where the soul of man never dies
There will be no sad farewell, there will be no tear dimmed eyes
Where all His deeds, His joy and love and the soul of man never dies
There will be no sad farewell, there will be no tear dimmed eyes
Where all His deeds, His joy and love and the soul of man never dies
There will be no sad farewell, there will be no tear dimmed eyes
Where all His deeds, His joy and love and the soul of man never dies

 

[fox69]

"Whiskey Lady"

"Whiskey Lady"


Sitting in the same old bar room
Staring at the same old faces
Hoping for someone new to do you right
Someone to be your lover
Not just another one night stand
A brand new face to take the place
Of the bottle in your hand

Whiskey lady
You ain't gonna find what you're looking for
In the bottom of an empty bottle, no
Or the motel down the road

You know there's nothing funny
'Bout waking up Monday morning yeah
When the pain inside your head's the same
As the hurt that fills your heart.
O give her your understanding
She needs to know that she's not alone
If the woman she was walked out that door
Let the girl she is go home

Whiskey lady when you wake up
In the morning with no make-up
And the night before
Comes crashing down around you
And the feeling that it gave you
Like the man who lay beside you
Is gone and you're as empty as
The bottle by the bed

 

[fox69]

"White Christmas"

"White Christmas"


I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

 

[fox69]

"Why Me"

"Why Me"


Why me Lord, what have I ever done
To deserve even one
Of the pleasures I've known
Tell me Lord, what did I ever do
That was worth loving you
Or the kindness you've shown.
Lord help me Jesus, I've wasted it so
Help me Jesus I know what I am
Now that I know that I've need you so
Help me Jesus, my soul's in your hand.
Tell me Lord, if you think there's a way
I can try to repay
All I've taken from you
Maybe Lord, I can show someone else
What I've been through myself
On my way back to you.
Lord help me Jesus, I've wasted it so
Help me Jesus I know what I am
Now that I know that I've need you so
Help me Jesus, my soul's in your hand.

 

[fox69]

"Wish You Could Have Been There"

"Wish You Could Have Been There"


Finally jumped into the deep end like daytime in the evenin'
It got dark out there so fast it took everything I had
All the fears that I've been facin', the mistakes I kept on makin'
I changed them all that day, I chased them all away
I guess you saw this comin' long before I did
You never wondered if I could you only wondered when
Wish you could've been there to see me
You always believed me even when I couldn't believe myself
Wish you could've been there to see this
The moment that I witnessed, every single word you said come true
Wish you could've been there
Wish you could've been there
Tonight I'll close my eyes and sleep for the very first time
I'll dream of waking up next to you
You can't count on second chances, Lord knows I've had a few
You gave me all the answers, it was up to me to choose
It took so long for me to realize what you already knew

 

[fox69]

"Would They Love Him Down In Shreveport"

"Would They Love Him Down In Shreveport"


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 man 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
And he cured 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

 

[fox69]

"Write Your Name Across My Heart"

"Write Your Name Across My Heart"


I can't help smiling when I look at you,
To keep from going crazy is all I can do.
I'm so defenseless with you so close,
The walls have crumbled from my body and soul.

Write your name across my heart.
I want the world to know that I am yours forever.
And I will wear it like a shining star.
Write your name across my heart.

To you my life is an open door.
Everything I have is yours.
I'll try to give you everything you need,
But as far as love goes, there's a life-time guarantee.

Write your name across my heart.
I want the world to know that I am yours forever.
And I will wear it like a shining star.
Write your name across my heart.

In all my thoughts, in all I do, in all I say,
I belong to you with every breath I take...

Write your name across my heart,
I want the world to know that I am yours forever.
And I will wear it like a shining star.
Write your name, across my heart.

And I will wear it like a shining star,
Write your name across my heart.
Across my heart.
Across my heart.

 

[fox69]

"Y'All Come Back Saloon"

"Y'All Come Back Saloon"


She played tambourine with a silver jingle
and she must have known the word to at least a million tunes,
but the one most requested by the man she knew as cowboy
was the late night benediction at the y'all come back saloon.

In a voice soft and trembling,
she'd sing her song to cowboy as a smokey halo circled round her raven hair.
And all the fallen angels and pinball playing rounders
stopped the games that they'd been playing for the losers evening prayer.

Faded love and faded memories how they linger in her mind.
miles and years played the cowboy like and 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 paid his check then lonely walked the broken cowboy home.

Faded love and faded memories how they linger in her mind.
miles and years played the cowboy like and old melody out of tune and out of time.
Faded love and faded memories how they linger in her mind.
miles and years played the cowboy like and old melody out of tune and out of time.