When I take
you out tonight with me
Honey, here's the way it's gonna be
You will set behind a team
of snow white horses
In the slickest gig you ever see
Chicks and ducks and
geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey
with the fringe on top.
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
when I drive them high
-stepping strutters.
Nosy folks will peek through the shutters,
and their eyes will pop.
The wheels are yellow,
the upholstery's brown,
the dashboard's genuine leather.
With eyes and glass curtains, you
You can roll right down
in case there's a change
in the weather
Two bright side lights a
-winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig, I'm a -thinkin'
You can keep your rig
if you're thinkin' that I'd
care to swap
For that shiny little Surrey
with the fringe on the top
I can see the stars getting blurry
when we drive back home in the Surrey,
driving slowly home in the Surrey
with the fringe on top.
I can feel the day gettin' older,
feel a sleepy head on my shoulder,
none droopin' close to my shoulder till it falls,
ker -plop.
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill,
the moon is takin' a header,
And just as I'm thinking
all the earth is still,
a lark will wake up in the matter.
Hush you bird,
my baby's a -sleepin'.
Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'.
Pull your team and just keep a -creepin'
at a slow clip -clop
Don't you hurry with the surrey
with the fringe on the top
Don't you hurry with the surrey,
with the fringe on the top.