The Oak Ridge Boys

[fox69]

"Crazy Not To"

"Crazy Not To"


Girl you know how to set those gears in motion
Where’d you come up with such a crazy notion?
Just up and leave like we ain’t got a care
No way of knowing where we’re going till we get there.
[CHORUS:]
I’d be crazy to let three dances
And one little kiss destroy my chances
Of getting that foreman’s job, that’s been long overdue.
Crazy at the drop of a hat, girl I just met, leave like that
End up who knows where, just me and you
I’d be crazy, crazy, crazy not to.
Those big blue eyes, just keep right on daring me
Things you got me thinkin’ girl, you’re scarin’ me
Hey that sounds cool, don’t even take a map
What in the world am I saying, scratch that.
[CHORUS:]
What about who’s gonna cut the grass
Get the mail, take out the trash,
Walk the dog, feed the fish.
The more I think about that.
[CHORUS:]
I’d be crazy, crazy, crazy not to.
I’d be crazy, crazy not to.
Crazy not to, crazy not to.

 

[fox69]

"Cryin' Again"

"Cryin' Again"


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.
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
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.
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...

 

[fox69]

"Dancing The Night Away"

"Dancing The Night Away"


Standing beside of the deep ocean
Looking out across the water
Everything is beautiful here
But I still don't feel like I oughta.

Things we wanted
Not so long ago
I got 'em all now, baby
But I ain't got you no more.

But I remember the way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancin' the night away.

I remember everything
Dresses you used to wear
You were so light and graceful
You seem to float right through the air.

Me, I looked so funny dancin'
But you loved me anyhow
Aw, I wish I could find somebody
That love me like that now.

But I remember the way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancin' the night away.

Ah ha.., woo...

Standing beside of the deep ocean
Looking out across the bay
I should look for companionship
But it just gets in my way.

The lights are flickerin'
All along the shore
I see people dancin' there
But I just don't dance no more.

Because I remember the way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancin' the night away.

Hey, let's see you dance
Let me see you dance
Oh, baby, let me see you dance.

I want to see you dance
I want to see you dance one more time
Oh, babe, let me see you dance, dance, dance.

I want to see you dance
Let me see you dance
Oh, babe, let me see you dance

I want to see you dance
I want to see you dance
Oh, babe, let me see you dance

Just one more time
I want to see you dance the night away
I want to see you dance
Oh, babe, let me see you dance.

One more time
I gotta see you dance now
In that pretty red dress
I want to see you dance.

Oh, I wanna see you dance...

 

[fox69]

"Did I Make A Difference"

"Did I Make A Difference"


I’m caught up in the push and shove
The daily grind, burning time, spinning wheels;
I wonder what I’m doing here
Day to day, year to year, standing still.

Somewhere there’s a teacher with a heart never quits
Staying after school to help some inner-city kids,
A mother who’s a volunteer, a Soldier in the fight,
And I can’t help but ask myself when I lay down at night.

[CHORUS:]
Did I make a difference in somebody’s life?
What hurts did I heal?
What wrongs did I right?
Did I raise my voice in defence of the truth?
Did I lend my hand to the destitute?
When my race is run, when my song is sung,
Will I have to wonder
Did I make a difference?
Did I make a difference?

I’ve been working hard to make a living
And forgetting what true living is.
Taking more than giving; something’s missing.
Lord how long can I go on like this?

There’s a lonely old man down the street and I should be ashamed,
I’ve never been to see him; I don’t even know his name.
There’s kids without their supper in my own neighbourhood.
Will I look back someday and say that I did all I could?

[CHORUS]

When my race is run, when my song is sung,
Will I have to wonder
Did I make a difference?
Did I make a difference?
Did I make a difference?

 

[fox69]

"Didn't It Rain"

"Didn't It Rain"


The good Lord went to Noah and he told him about the flood
He said Noah build me a vessel and make it out of gopher wood
Build it big, tall and strong so it won’t be torn apart
Old Noah built him a masterpiece and he called it Noah’s ark.
[CHORUS:]
Didn’t it rain children, didn’t it rain, rain, rain
Forty days and nights, didn’t it rain?
Oh didn’t it rain children, didn’t it rain, rain, rain
Forty days and nights, didn’t it rain?
He had a moose and a goose and a gander
Alligator and a big hippo
A monkey and an ape, a couple of snakes,
A ram and a sheep and a goat.
He had a possum and a ‘coon and a black baboon,
Ann eagle and a red-tailed hawk,
A buck and a doe, a turkey and a crow
And a donkey trying to bark.
He had leopards, lions and tigers,
Bulls and a buffalo,
Orang-utans and little bitty things
All lined up in a row.
He had a dog and a cat and a gopher rat
And a great big grizzly bear
A mule and a cow, a boar and a sow
He had two of everything in there.
[CHORUS]
He had apples, peaches, plums and pears,
Grapes and apricots
Bees and beans and turnip greens,
He had corn and baby squash.
He had a pumpkin and a big watermelon
He had every kind of wheat
And just before he closed that door
He grabbed a handful of mustard seed.
[CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
Lord, Lord, forty days and nights, didn’t it rain?

 

[fox69]

"Didn't She Really Thrill Them (Back In 1924)"

"Didn't She Really Thrill Them (Back In 1924)"


She sits there on her front porch every day at 4 o’clock
Waving at the traffic that runs up and down the block
Her face and hands are wrinkled and her grey hair almost shines
Over 50 years have come and gone since she was in her prime.

A high school girl in blue jeans stops each Thursday afternoon
They talk about life and love and phases of the moon
She lets the girl try on her gown she’s kept for all these years
She talks about when she was young, her old eyes filled with tears.

Didn’t she really thrill them back in 1924
Young men fell in love with her
When she came through the door
Every dance was taken
Still they’d ask for just one more
Oh she stole their hearts away in 1924

She holds a photo album as she rocks there in her chair
Here’s the men she almost married – they all look so debonair
She remembers all the faces and the night each one proposed
It makes her feel so young again as her old eyes slowly close.

The papers never said much when the old maid passed away
For the man who drove the moving-van it was just another day
The florist never understood when the young girl left the store
Just why she sent a wreath that said from the class of ’24.

Didn’t she really thrill them back in 1924
Young men fell in love with her
When she came through the door
Every dance was taken
Still they’d ask for just one more
Oh she stole their hearts away in 1924.

Didn’t she really thrill them back in 1924
Young men fell in love with her
When she came through the door
Every dance was taken
Still they’d ask for just one more
Oh she stole their hearts away in 1924.

 

[fox69]

"Dig A Little Deeper In The Well"

"Dig A Little Deeper In The Well"


Oh dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little de per in the well
Dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little deeper in the well
My daddy used to tell me don't be fooled by what you see
If you want to get to the heart of things you gotta look way down deep
Second place don't get it son a winner gotta come in first
There's nothing worse than to take a drink that leaves you in the dirt
Dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little deeper in the well
A good man needs a good woman she's the rock that will make you strong
She'll be there to lean on when the whole worlds going wrong
There ain't nothing like good loving that's how it's meant to be
So find yourself a good woman son like your mama's been to me
Dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little deeper in the well
There's a mighty river flowing where the water cool and sweet
Don't be fooled by a muddy stream be careful where you drink
Life is what you make it sometimes a living hell
If you want to find that promised land dig a little deeper in the well
Dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little deeper in the well
Dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little deeper in the well
Dig, dig, dig a little deeper in the well boys dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water you gotta dig a little deeper in the well
[Fade to end]

 

[fox69]

"Doctor's Orders"

"Doctor's Orders"


Doctor told me sleeping alone
Ain't no good for my heart
If I don't do what he tells me to
It just might break me apart

You know I'm under doctor's orders
I really oughta be in bed
You know I'm under doctor's orders
That's what my doctor said

My doctor told me to find you girl
Stay with you all night
I'm gonna be fine but it's gonna take time
And a whole lot of holding you tight

He said you don't need pills and shots won't do
A transfusion would be useless too
Your sweet lovin' is what I need
To get my heart back on it's feet

 

[fox69]

"Don't Break The Code"

"Don't Break The Code"


The valley was green and the sun was bright
He asked if she'd like to go for a ride
They drove up to the river in the cool Oak trees
She reached out and gave his hand a squeeze
Suddenly they were in each others arms
The passion they felt was a four alarm
He loved her once, he loved her twice
But he should have listened to a friend's advice
Don't mess around with another man's wife
Step out of line you could lose your life
Stay on the straight and narrow road
Don't break the code
They drove back home when the sun went down
All the workers were headed out of town
Rushing to suppers and family nests
Relief from the fever time to rest
The lover's were slowly reluctant to part
Through the afternoon they'd given their hearts
She twisted her golden wedding ring
As they listened to the crickets sing
The gun was sprayed with a diamond bright shine
He polished it when he came home from the mine
He said I can protect and keep what's mine
A believer in Jesus and the ties that bind
He found them in bed he went out of his mind
Shot them both though the heart three times
The jury found only insanity
So his head stayed in prison but his body went free

 

[fox69]

"Don't Give Up"

"Don't Give Up"


Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no.
When things get thin
You’ve got to give in
Just don’t give up.
Now in this world of give and take
One observation you can make
It’s a long hot road until the day you die
But you’ve got plenty on your side
You just take it all in stride
Don’t let the set backs hang you out to dry.
So you just listen here to me
One little problem don’t make three
Your obstacles don’t need a helping hand
If you just take one at a time
You’ll make it easier to climb
And scale that wall into the Promised Land.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no.
When things get thin
You’ve got to give in
Just don’t give up.
Now you may say that I’m a fool
But I say patience is a tool
You’ve got to smell the smoke without fire
Good civil answers are the game
You’ve got no-one but you to blame.
Remember this when you’re down to the wire.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no.
When things get thin
You’ve got to give in
Just don’t give up.
When you see that heavy cloud in front of you
Back off until you see it where the mountain meets the sky.
Recharge yourself until you know just what you’ve got to do
Then settle down with peddle down and fly.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no.
When things get thin
You’ve got to give in
Just don’t give up.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no.
When things get thin
You’ve got to give in
Just don’t give up.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side.
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no.
Don’t give up, don’t give up, don’t give up,
Don’t give up, don’t give up, don’t give up.