Oklahoma - The Call, Robert Levon Been

We were shaking in our beds that night

There were strangers in the streets that night

Preacher cried out hell’s been raised

The preacher cried out hell’s been raised

Another hot Oklahoma night

Another hot Oklahoma night

The kind of night where you just sit still

The kind of night where you just don’t move

We were shaking in our beds that night

We were shaking in our boots that night

Tornado hit and the roof gave way

Tornado hit and all we could do was pray

How was I to know what I was to think

How was I to know what I was to feel

How am I to fake what I can’t describe

How am I to face what I cannot hide

We were looking in our hearts that day

There was movement in our hearts that day

They were talking but we could not hear

They were talking but we could not hear

Fever broke and the dead raised up

The ground broke open and the dead were raised

The kind of night where you just sit spooked

It’s a hard life, it’s a hard life

We were knocking in our hearts that day

We were hugging in our beds that night

Storm hit and the roof gave way

When a man cries it ain’t easy

But he swore duty, body and soul

How was I to know what I was to think

How was I to know what I was to feel

How am I to fake what I can’t describe

How am I to face what I cannot hide

Momma said you know she ain’t down

We were lying in our hearts that day

We were praying in our hearts that day

We were praying but we could not feel

They were praying but we could not feel

Another hot Oklahoma night

Another Oklahoma night

Fools part as the day breaks wide

Heaven’s fools who were opened wide

I quit, so I said give up

Said I can’t stop the light’s not gone

I met a full moon again that day

And my heart rips open and all I could do was pray

How was I to know what I was to think

How was I to know what I was to feel

How am I to face what I cannot hide

How am I to say what I cannot hide