Roy Clark - Right or Left at Oak Street lyrics

The alarm rang at seven this morning

The same time it did yesterday

Seven-thirty is my breakfast time

And I know what the wife's gonna say

The Crawfords next door got a new swimming pool

The Millers got a color TV

Mr. Wilson's job is not good as yours

But his wife dresses better than me

I get to the school at eight o-five

And drop off the kids at the gate

Then I drive past the clock outside the bank

It's exactly a quarter past eight

When I reach the stop sign at Oak Street

The same thought crosses my mind

Should I turn right like I always have

Or left and leave it behind?

Right or left at Oak Street

That's the choice I face everyday

And I don't know which takes more courage

The staying or the running away

A left turn would take me to somewhere

Leave alarm clocks and schedules behind

And the world wouldn't care if I'm not somewhere

At some particular time

Where a man can do what he wants to do

And no one expects him to give

All of his time to the same old routine

In the one life that he has to live

I'm not sure which way is the best way

But I've always turned right before

And it might be strange at the end of the day

If they weren't there at the door

A man must make his decisions

But he must consider the stakes

For every mans life is a gamble

It depends on the turn that he takes

Right or left at Oak Street

That's the choice I face everyday

And I don't know which takes more courage

The staying or the running away

Right or left at Oak Street

That's the choice I face everyday

And I don't know which takes more courage

The staying or the running away