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
But in her dreams she is far away
In Oklahoma, U.S.A
With Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae
While she buys her papers at the corner shop
She's walking in the surrey with the fringe on top
But in her dreams she is far away
In Oklahoma, U.S.A
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

All life we work but work is a bore
If life's for livin', then what's livin' for?