The Oak Ridge Boys

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Christmas Carol"

"Christmas Carol"

Like a fixture down on Main Street
She stood there all year long
With a tin cup and a tamborine
Singing Christmas songs
Folks thought she was crazy
But they loved to hear her sing
They'd drop some money in her can
She'd shake that tamborine

And they called her Christmas Carol
There's not a Christmas song she couldn't sing
I remember Christmas Carol
With her snow white hair and her beat up tamborine

She wore that same old ragged coat all the year around
Lived all alone in a little shack just outside of town
She'd stand there singing "Jingle Bells" in the heat of the summer time
Yes, every day was Christmas in Carol Johnson's mind

And they called her Christmas Carol
There's not a Christmas song she couldn't sing
I remember Christmas Carol
With her snow white hair and her beat up tamborine

But I can still remember that twinkle in her eye
'Cause Carol kept a secret from the people passing by
That secret was a mystery they talked about so long
How each Christmas eve those gifts showed up outside the children's home

That was forty years ago, or fifty I believe
But still the toys keep showing up each year on Christmas eve
I wonder if we'll ever know just who took up the cause
Is it still Christmas Carol
Or is it Santa Claus?

And they called her Christmas Carol
There's not a Christmas song she couldn't sing
I remember Christmas Carol
With her snow white hair and her beat up tamborine

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Christmas Is Paintin' The Town"

"Christmas Is Paintin' The Town"

Can't you see it, can't you hear it
It's everywhere, it's Christmas
Sidewalk Santa, children with dreams
Asking him, please...
It's Christmas
It's Christmas, it's paintin' the town
With red and silver bells and laughter all around
With scurring people and greetings as you near
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Hearts grow lighter, smiles get wider
It's in the air, it's Christmas
Choir's singin', church bells ringin'
Loved ones are here, it's Christmas
It's Christmas, it's paintin' the town
With red and silver bells and laughter all around
With the magical morning and children as they cheer
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
It's Christmas, it's paintin' the town
With red and silver bells and laughter all around
With the magical morning and children as they cheer
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Class Reunion"

"Class Reunion"

Here's a bill, here's a mailer from the mall
Here's some more bills
And in a stack almost buried by them all
The mascot caught my eye from good ol' central high
The graduating class will get together in July
For a

Class reunion
Has it been that long (I guess it's been that long)
It's my class reunion
Hail to our school
Hail Central High

I wonder how the gang is doing now, can't wait to see them
I wonder too how that girl I never knew
But dreamed of secretly though she never noticed me
Doesn't matter now but I wonder if she'll be at the

Class reunion
Toast the past we knew
It's my class reunion
Here's to our school
Hail Central High

In the middle of July my memories hit the hometown
I walked in to a dark deserted gym
Did I read the letter right, is this the time, the place, the night
Then a familiar face stepped in underneath the exit light
That girl I never knew smiled nervously and said
I sent one invitation hoping we could finally meet
What a

Class reunion
Can I dance with
What a class reunion
Here's to me and you
And old Central High

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Closer To Home"

"Closer To Home"

He simply ate and drank my mornin' paper
Each day while it's dark
Then hustles off to greet folks
At the Highway 9 Walmart
His daughter flew back in last year
With their two boys, twelve and ten
Then she skipped town and left him
And his wife to care for them
It used to be Superman
Johnny Benson and George Jones
But lately I've been findin'
All my heroes closer to home
Every time I see a squad car
A-passin' by our house
I think our brave hearts behind badges
Ready when a call goes out
Seems since 9/11
It's been on my mind
How they wake up every mornin'
And put their lives on the line
It used to be Superman
Johnny Benson and George Jones
But lately I've been findin'
All my heroes closer to home
Got a life, found the lovin'
Got some children of my own
And some nights I tuck them in and stand there
In the dark alone
And I think back all my childhood
And the sweet times that I had
Now I see the sacrifice it took
From my Mom and Dad
It used to be Superman
Johnny Benson and George Jones
But lately I've been findin'
All my heroes closer to home
But lately I've been findin'
All my heroes closer to home

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Colors"

"Colors"

Red as the bloodshed, blue as the wounded, white as the crosses on our soldier's graves.
Through the rain, through the sun, these colors never run.
I first saw her standing on the corner of the stage and I've been pledging my allegiance ever since.
We often take for granted her old familiar wave but that freedom cost a lot of brave young men and women.
It's one that's red as the bloodshed, blue as the wounded, white as the crosses on our soldier's graves.
Through the rain, through the sun, these colors never run. No they never will.
Now I've seen people treat her like she was some old rag, clueless to the human sacrifice.
But you'll always find a mother, a widow, a child, a sister or a brother with a carefully folded teardrop in their eyes.
It's one that's red as the bloodshed, blue as the wounded, white as the crosses on our soldier's graves.
Through the rain, through the sun, these colors never run. No, these colors never run.

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Come By Here"

"Come By Here"

O when you feel that you ain’t got a friend
Come by here, come by here.
I’ll open up my heart and I’ll let you in
Come by here, come by here.

[CHORUS:]
Woh come by here, come by here.
Come by here yer, come by here.
Wo woh come by here.

When you’re lown gets too much to bear
Come by here, come by here.
In me, you’ve got someone who cares.
Come by here, come by here.

[CHORUS]

I’ll make you wake right
I’ll make your first light
I will be with whether you’re wrong or right
I will, oh I will, oh yes I will, oh yes I will.
Come by here.

[CHORUS]

If your world seems dark and dreary
Come by here, come by here.
I can brighten it up now, if you’ll just let me.
Come by here, come by here.

[CHORUS]

I will make you wake up a little bit brighter
And I will your load just a little bit lighter.
I’ll be your friend, wow, your closest kin
And I will be with you till the bitter end.
Why don’t you come by here, come by here.
Come by here yer, come by here.
Wo woh come by here, Wo woh come by here.

[CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Come On In"

"Come On In"

When I get tired and a little lonely, the worlds turned it's cold back on me
When I'm about to swear I ain't got a friend left to my name
Instead of sinking a little lower I start making tracks on over
To a place where the sun shines day and night and where I know I'll hear you say

Come on in, baby take you 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 hurt away

When I feel a lonesome night coming on, every thing I did all day went wrong
There's a black cloud following me around and I just can't get away
Instead of sinking a little lower I start making 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 you 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 hurt away

Come on in, baby take you 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 hurt away

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Come On In (Baby Take Your Coat Off)"

"Come On In (Baby Take Your Coat Off)"

When I get tired and a little lonely,
The worlds turned it’s cold back on me
When I’m about to swear I ain’t got a friend left to my name
Instead of sinking a little lower I start making tracks on over
To a place where the sun shines day and night
And where I know I’ll hear you say

[CHORUS:]
Come on in, baby take you 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 hurt away

When I feel a lonesome night coming on,
Every thing I did all day went wrong
There’s a black cloud following me around and I just can’t get away
Instead of sinking a little lower I start making tracks on over
To a place where the sun shines day and night
And where I know I’ll hear you say

[CHORUS:]

[CHORUS:]

Come on in, baby take you 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 hurt away.

Come on in.

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Come On Rain"

"Come On Rain"

Last night they fired the cannon on the courthouse lawn.
The whole town gathered at the square and we stayed there till dawn
Telling tales and singing songs and trying to work it out.
Rain prayers all saying Lord please help us through this drought.
[CHORUS:]
Sun beats down from a White House sky
Still no rain, come on rain
Hens laying eggs with fire inside
Still no rain, come on rain
Dust devil carried our fields away
Still no rain, come on rain
Cow gone dry and the mule gone lame
And there’s still no rain,
Still no rain, still no rain, still no rain.
You can walk across the river on the bone dry mud
What little waters left there might as well be our blood
After 80 years the Carter family just ran out of luck
We watch the dust cloud rising as they drive off in their truck.
Sun beats down from a White House sky
Still no rain, come on rain
Hens laying eggs with fire inside
Still no rain, come on rain
Dust has carried our fields away
Still no rain, come on rain
Cows gone dry and the mule gone lame
And there’s still no rain,
No not a cloud in sight, ain’t that a shame
There’s thunder in the night but still no rain.
[CHORUS:]
Still no rain, come on rain.
Still no rain, come on rain.
Still no rain, come on rain.

fox69 · 03.01.2018

"Compared To You"

"Compared To You"

Compared to my father I’m a college boy
Who never learned to saw a straight line.
Compared to my mother I’m a sinner
Who never saw the light.
But I read my bible every day,
I worked my hands in wood,
I ain’t always done my best but I’ve done the best I could.
[CHORUS:]
Compared to you I am Appalachian south
When I hear those sweet words like peaches in your mouth
I know that your roots run underneath this clay
To the place that makes a dreamer never wanna run away.
Where love is rare,
Love that’s true.
I ain’t never met a woman in my life
That compared to you.
Compared to my brother I’m a seeker
Who just wanted way too much.
Compared to my sister I’m a loner
Who is livin’ out of touch
And I’ve got nowhere else to be.
Would you like to take a walk
Or just sit here and let me hear you talk?
Compared to you I am Appalachian south
When I hear those sweet words like peaches in your mouth
You talk with a drawl and I talk with a twang
But underneath it all we both mean the same thing.
Love is rare,
Love that’s true.
I ain’t never met a woman in my life
That compared to you.
Well now that you know all of that
Do you think that we could maybe close this gap?
[CHORUS:]