Listen to the Okie playin the piano
Pickin an a-grinnin
And a-singin his song
Don't it make you wanna dance now
Don't it make you wanna sing
Lah dah dee dee dah dee oh
Red River water runnin deep in my blood
If the Good Lord's willin
and the creeks don't rise
And it makes me want to laugh now
And it makes me want to cry
Happy for my childhood, Oklahoma Son
With guitars strummin
And banjos pickin
And listen to the old time fiddlers moan
Summertime nights are on my mind
And I wonder how the old folks are
Back home.....sweet home
Well I guess I must have been about seventeen
When I left my home, sweet home
I spent a lotta time around the people scene
And I spent some time alone
I've been a rich have and a poor have-not
I gave what I could and I got back a lot
And I loved it.....yes loved it, mmmmm