Story Behind The Song
I found living in Oklahoma to be rather unpleasant at times, and this song explains why!
Song Description
Biting, humorous, commentary on life in a painfully conservative region of the US.
| Song Length |
3:05 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
© 2004 Eric W. Fons
Goodbye Oklahoma
I moved to Oklahoma in financial desperation,
On arriving what I found was a military nation,
Ultra-nationalistic, patriotic, infestation,
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
In a state like this where Christians have judgmental motivations,
From their early-child-hood conser-vative indoctrinations,
Since everyone but them will go to hell, (?See Revelations !!?).
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
Flat, brown, and windy, ?mow it down if it gets too green!?,
The tornados and the ice storms ? and red clay stains everything,
And the driving? merge and yield ? foreign concepts, so it seems,
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
?We all are so darn friendly ? (only if you join our church),
Then we?ll all go buy some furniture, is there any made of birch?
If you don?t ?fit in? we?ll isolate and leave you in a lurch,?
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
Paranoia, fear, and abstinence, oh, that is what we preach,
?You say that we are hypocrites, you?re lying, you big leech,
You?re lucky Edna gave you work, so our children you could teach,?
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
You?ll murder your suspension on the badly maintained roads,
So find a chi-ro-practor, (?cause they?ll never fix those holes),
The road contract is granted to ?my cousin?, so it goes,
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
?Let?s compete with Texas ? rapid-fire executions!
Even if we have to bend the law ? increasing electrocutions!
And if you watch The Tin Drum, there?ll be legal retribution!?
Oklahoma, yee-haw!
In a state where all the girls are married and grandmas by 19,
You?ll never get a date with them cause you aren?t in the scene
The coldness and the distance makes you ornery and mean,
Oklahoma, yee-haw!