The King of Oak Street - Kenny Rogers

At the dark end of the street That's where we always meet Hiding in shadows where we don't belong Living in darkness to hide our wrong You and me At the dark end Of the street You and me I know time is gonna take its toll We have to pay for the love we stole It's a sin, and we know it's wrong Oh, but our love keeps coming on strong Steal away To the dark end Of the street They're gonna find us They're gonna find us They're gonna find us, Lord, someday You and me At the dark end Of the street You and me And when the daylight hours roll 'round And by chance we're both downtown If we should meet, just walk on by Oh, darling, please, don't cry Tonight, we'll meet At the dark end Of the street

Grab your coat and snatch your hat Leave your worries on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street Can't you hear that pitter pat And that happy tune is your step Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street I used to walk in the shade With the blues on parade No longer I'm afraid The rover, crossed over If I never had a cent I'll be rich as Rockfeller A gold dust at my feet On the sunny side of the street I used to walk in the shade With those blues on parade But I'm not afraid 'Cause the rover, he's got over If I never had a cent I'll be rich as Rockfeller All those chicks 'round my feet On the sunny, sunny side of the street

The stories of the street are mine The Spanish voices laugh The Cadillacs go creeping down Through the night and the poison gas And I lean from my window sill In this old hotel I chose Yes, one hand on my suicide One hand on the rose I know you've heard it's over now And war must surely come The cities, they are broke in half And the middle men are gone But let me ask you one more time Oh, children of the dust All these hunters who are shrieking now Oh, do they speak for us? And where do all these highways go Now that we are free? Why are the armies marching still That were coming home to me? Oh, lady with your legs so fine Oh, stranger at your wheel You are locked into your suffering And your pleasures are the seal The age of lust is giving birth And both the parents ask The nurse to tell them fairy tales On both sides of the glass And now, the infant with his cord Is hauled in like a kite And one eye filled with blueprints One eye filled with night Oh, come with me, my little one We will find that farm And grow us grass and apples there And keep all the animals warm And if by chance I wake at night And I ask you who I am Oh, take me to the slaughter house I will wait there with the lamb With one hand on a hexagram And one hand on a girl I balance on a wishing well That all men call the world We are so small between the stars So large against the sky And lost among the subway crowds I try to catch your eye

The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun I walk a road, horizons change, the tournament's begun The purple piper plays his tune, the choir softly sing Three lullabies in an ancient tongue for the court of the crimson king The keeper of the city keys ut shutters on the dreams I wait outside the pilgrim's door with insufficient schemes The black queen chants, the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king The gardener plants an evergreen whilst trampling on a flower I chase the wind of a prism ship to taste the sweet and sour The pattern juggler lifts his hand, the orchestra begin As slowly turns the grinding wheel in the court of the crimson king On soft gray mornings widows cry, the wise men share a joke I run to grasp divining signs to satisfy the hoax The yellow jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance in the court of the crimson king

Under the oak tree My best friend lies Under the oak tree A part of me dies You liked the sunshine You loved the bed of snow in wintertime Your innocence so blind I wish we had time Why did you go? Why did you go? I should have known I should have known Under the oak tree Is my best friend's home Under the oak tree He lies all alone I hope you understood Things I meant to convey but never could I thought you'd always be mine I thought we had time Why did you go? Why did you go? I should have known I should have known Once I realized the end Coming near Once I saw it in your eyes I had to let you go Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Ooohh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Ooohh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Eyeah eyeah (oh oh oh oh oh) Eyeah eeeh (oh oh oh oh oh Eyeah eyeah (oh oh oh oh oh) Eyeah eyeah eeh (oh oh oh oh oh) Eyeah eyeah (oh oh oh oh oh) Eyeah eeeh (oh oh oh oh oh) Eyeah eyeah (oh oh oh oh oh)

I'm Addy'd up, add it up, I just ate a plate for breakfast Put it in a cup, then I mix it up with Texas Chest feeling heavy like a midget on my necklace Bitches that we came with got all of your bitches jealous (oh!) 'Bout to leave the crib with a couple of my pirates Driving by the streets we used to walk through like a triumph Mix it in a potion like a science That liquid G diet got a nigga so quiet 'Cause the shit so strong, got me feeling like I'm dyin' Shit so raw, nothing else can get me higher Only time you see me's when I'm balling with my niggas 'Cause my life too private, my ride too private (oh!) My flight too private, my shows so riot My jaw so tired, I go all night in my city 'til the fall Then it's time for me to fly her I got a girl at home even though she ain't mine yet And she gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it She gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it She gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it She gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it Baby girl, you know what I like Baby, you know just what I like Baby, you know what I like, like, like, like, like Don't be mad, let her get hers Don't be mad, let her get hers She made her own luck, she don't give a fuck She's tryna have fun, take a break from the love Man, your girl so bad, let me get her Your girl so bad, let me get her I make my own luck, I make that pussy talk On call 'til the fall, he can like it or not, nigga, back the fuck up If you ain't with me, motherfucker, you against me If you ain't complimentin' nigga, you offendin' I've been out here last year wasting hella time XO is the only time invested Them Fall shows every year like a birthday And I'ma do it every year in my birthplace And I ain't been this gone since Thursday I never said that I'd be sober in the first place And she gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it She gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it She gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it She gon' give it up 'cause she know I might like it Baby girl, you know what I like Baby, you know just what I like Baby, you know what I like, like, like, like, like Baby girl, you know what I like Baby, you know just what I like, mm I just passed that liquor fell off stage Just sold out the O2 at my own pace I can say that I'm attached to nobody I've been getting paper while these niggas tryna stop me Shout my nigga Doc, that's a mentor Had some bad business, nothing personal But now that word out that we back On some young Quincy Jones, dark skin Michael Jackson And these the motherfuckers that they packaged Their new shit all be soundin' like my past shit Bring your girl to my show, give her floor seats Then she go downtown like she owe me XO, XO, XO Mix it up, pour it up, take it down slow This my sound, nigga, fuck your sound Did it from the ground, ask around, bitch When I touch down, I'ma shake shit up Fuck your new man, I'ma break it up He can come back when I go on the road But that pussy mine for the next three months 'Cause the kid back, kid back, kid back Cop ten whips for my niggas when we land Queen Street nigga making money overseas Had a few more debts, I'ma pay it all in cash Shout out XO, shout out to the boy Broke bread on tour, man, it's all love now Shout my nigga Stix, doing good in these streets Bet he popping more bottles than us right now Reason why they stressing, city never sunny When the kid come through with more niggas than Apollo But ain't shit funny, can't nobody stop me All my hoes are trained, I make all of them swallow All of them swallow, all of them swallow All of them swallow, I make all of them swallow All of them swallow, all of them swallow All of them swallow, I make all of them swallow All of them swallow, all of them swallow All of them swallow, I make all of them swallow All of, all of, all of them swallow All of them swallow, I make all of them swallow

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way