Een van de beste songs van het zwaar onderschatte Kinks-album Muswell Hillbillies, over een arbeidersvrouw in Londen die aan een saaie, geestdodende baan en dito omgeving probeert te ontsnappen door te dromen dat ze een filmster is die meespeelt in de film Oklahoma!. De ironie is natuurlijk dat Oklahoma zo ongeveer de minst opwindende staat van de VS is.
[Verse 1]
All life we work but work is a bore
If life’s for livin’, what’s livin’ for?
She lives in a house that’s near decay
Built for the industrial revolution
[Chorus]
But in her dreams she is far away
In Oklahoma, U.S.A
With Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae
[Verse 2]
While she buys her papers at the corner shop
She’s walking on the surrey with the fringe on top
[Chorus]
Cause in her dreams she is far away
In Oklahoma, U.S.A
[Bridge]
She walks to work but she’s still in a daze
She’s Rita Hayworth or Doris Day
And Errol Flynn’s gonna take her away
To Oklahoma, U. S. A
[Verse 1]
All life we work but work is a bore
If life’s for livin’, then what’s livin’ for?
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