Oklahoma U.S.A.

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music Ltd.

Chord file

Lyrics:

All life we work but work is bore,
If life's for livin' what's livin' for,
She lives in a house that's near decay,
Built for the industrial revolution,
But in her dreams she is far away,
In Oklahoma U.S.A.
With Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae,
As she buys her paper at the corner shop,
She's walkin' on the surrey with the fringe on top,
Cos in her dreams she is far away,
In Oklahoma U.S.A.,
She walks to work but she's still in a daze,
She's Rita Hayworth or Doris Day,
And Errol Flynn's gonna take her away,
To Oklahoma U.S.A.,
All life we work but work is a bore,
If life's for livin' then what's livin' for.

This song can be found on the following releases:

stereo mix (2:35), recorded Aug-Sep 1971 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London

stereo mix, by The Spivs, recorded 2000

stereo mix, by Caroline Doctorow (2:29), recorded 2010

stereo mix, with The Jayhawks (4:11), recorded 2016-2018 at Konk Studios, North London

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