The Surrey With The Fringe On Top chords by John Raitt
Verse 1
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When I take you out, tonight,
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with me,
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Honey, here's the way
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it's goin' to be:
You will set behind a team
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of snow white horses,
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In the slickest gig you ever see!
Verse 2
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Chicks and ducks and
geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey
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with the fringe on top!
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Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high
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steppin' strutters.
Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters
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and their eyes will pop!
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The wheels are yeller,
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the upholstery's brown,
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The dashboard's genuine leather,
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With isinglass curtains y'
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can roll right down,
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In case there's a change in the weather.
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Two bright sidelight's
winkin' and blinkin',
Ain't no finer rig I'm a- thinkin'
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin'
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'at I'd care to swap
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Fer that shiny,
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little surrey with the fringe on the top!
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Verse 3
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Would y' say the fringe was
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made a' silk?
Verse 4
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Wouldn't have n' other kind but silk.
Verse 5
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Has it really got a team of snow
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white horses?
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One's like snow, the
Verse 6
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others more like milk.
Verse 7
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All the world'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey with
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the fringe on top!
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When we hit that road, hell fer leather,
Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather,
Birds and frogs'll sing all together
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and the toads will hop!
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The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,
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The cows'll moo in the clover,
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The river will ripple out a whispered song,
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And whisper it over and over:
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Don't you wisht y'd go on forever?
Don't you wisht y'd go on forever?
Don't you wisht y'd go on
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forever and ud never stop
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In that shiny, little surrey with
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the fringe on the top!
Verse 8
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I can see the stars gettin' blurry,
When we ride back home
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in the surrey,
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Ridin' slowly home in the surrey
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with the fringe on top!
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I can feel the day gettin' older,
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Feel a sleepy head near
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my shoulder,
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Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder,
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till it falls kerplop!
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The sun is swimmin' on
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the rim of a hill;
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The moon is takin' a header,
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And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still,
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A lark'll wake up in the medder.
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Hush, you bird,
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my baby's a- sleepin'!
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Maybe got a dream worth a- keepin'
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Whoa! you team,
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and just keep a- creepin' at a slow clip clop.
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Don't you hurry with the surrey
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with the fringe on the top!
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
John Raitt
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