Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
I left Oklahoma, drivin' in a Pontiac, just about to lose my mind.
I was goin' to Arizona maybe on to California,
where the people all live so fine.
My baby said I's crazy, my mama called me lazy,
I was gonna show'em all this time.
Cuz you know I ain't no fool and I don't need no more schoolin',
I was born to just walk the line.
Chorus
Livin' on Tulsa time, livin' on tulsa time.
Well you know I've been through it when I set my watch back to it,
livin' on Tulsa time.
(Instrumental)
Well there I was in Hollywood, wishin' I was doin' good,
talkin' on the telephone line.
But they don't need me in the movies and nobody sings my songs,
guess I'm just a waistin' time.
Well then I got to thinkin', man I'm really sinkin'
and I really had a flash this time.
I had no business leavin' and nobody would be grievin'
if I went on back to Tulsa time.
Repeat Chorus twice