Tuesday, September 20, 2011

TFT: The Oak Ridge Boys


Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world.  For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion.  Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.


Leavin’ Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
The Oak Ridge Boys
Mary took to runnin’
With a travelin’ man
Left her momma cryin’
With her head in her hands
Such a sad case
So broken hearted

She say
Momma I gotta go
Gotta get outta here
Gotta get outta town
Tired of hangin’ around
I gotta roll on
Between the ditches

It’s just an ordinary story
‘Bout the way things go
Around and around
Nobody knows
But the highway
Goes on forever
That ol’ highway
Rolls on forever

Lord
She never would’ve done it
If she hadn’t got drunk
If she hadn’t started runnin’
With a travelin’ man
If she hadn’t started takin’
Those crazy chances

She say
Daughter let me tell you
‘Bout the travelin’ kind
Everywhere he’s goin’
Such a very short time
He’ll be long gone
Before you know it
He’ll be long gone
Before you know it

She say
Never have I known it
When it felt so good
Never have I knew it
When I knew I could
Never have I done it
When it looked so right
Leavin’ Louisiana
In the broad daylight

This is down in the swampland
Anything goes
It’s alligator bait
And the bars don’t close
It’s the real thing
Down in Louisiana

Did you ever see a Cajun
When he really got mad
When he really got trouble
Like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot
Down in Louisiana

Well the stranger better move it
Or he’s gonna get killed
He’s gonna have to get it
Or a shotgun will
It ain’t no time
For lengthy speeches
There ain’t no time
For lengthy speeches

She say
Never have I known it
When it felt so good
Never have I knew it
When I knew I could
Never have I done it
When it looked so right
Leavin’ Louisiana
In the broad daylight

She say
Never have I known it
When it felt so good
Never have I knew it
When I knew I could
Never have I done it
When it looked so right
Leavin’ Louisiana
In the broad daylight

It’s just an ordinary story
‘Bout the way things go
Around and around
Nobody knows
But the highway
Goes on forever
That ol’ highway
Rolls on forever


Y’all Come Back Saloon
The Oak Ridge Boys
She played
Tambourine
With a
Silver jingle
And she must have known the words
To at least a million tunes
But the one most requested
By the man she knew as Cowboy
Was the last night benediction
At the Y’all Come Back Saloon

In a voice soft and tremblin’
She’d sing her song to Cowboy
As a smoky halo circled ‘round
Her raven hair
And all the fallen angels
And pinball playin’ rounders
Stopped the games that they’d been playin’
For losers evenin’ prayer

Faded Love
And faded memories
How they linger
In her mind
Miles and years played the Cowboy
Like an old melody
Out of tune
And out of time

Every night in the shadows
Thinkin’ back on Amarillo
He’d dream of better days
And ask for Faded Love
Liftin’ high his glass in honor
Of the lady and her song
He paid his check then lonely walked
That broken cowboy home

She played
Tambourine
With a
Silver jingle
And she must have known the words
To at least a million tunes
But the one most requested
By the man she knew as Cowboy
Was the last night benediction
At the Y’all Come Back Saloon
She played
Tambourine
With a
Silver jingle
And she must have known the words
To at least a million tunes
But the one most requested
By the man she knew as Cowboy
Was the last night benediction
At the Y’all Come Back Saloon
She played
Tambourine
With a
Silver jingle
And she must have known the words
To at least a million tunes
But the one most requested
By the man she knew as Cowboy
Was the last night benediction
At the Y’all Come Back Saloon

Lyrics From: [Cowboy Lyrics]

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8 comments:

  1. Now I know what caused the American Civil War to erupt!

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  2. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Adullamite!!! Alas, you are bound and determined to remain uncultured--aren't you?

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  3. WOW who knew the guys from ZZ Top started out in The Oak Ridge Boys.

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  4. Years ago (and I'm talking decades) I had a cassette tape of the Oak Ridge Boys that I used to listen to constantly.

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  5. Adullamite... you are very entertaining. Hope you have a very nice day.

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  6. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ryan!!! LOL! Yeah, I imagine it got really strange when Leon Russell came by to play on some of their songs.

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  7. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! Be assured that it was really hard picking just two songs for this. For they have had so many truly great hits over the years.

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  8. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Indy Jiu Jitsu!!! Please don't encourage him. (LOL?)

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