Passin' through Tulsa
at four in the morning
Crossin' the Arkansas one more time
Moon on the river,
it's lower than usual
Can't get much lower
than this gas gauge of mine
All the lights in Tulsa
would not warm my heart now
That is something only you would know
I'm passin' through Tulsa
at four in the morning
But I really got nowhere to go
Stoppin' for gas and
a bottle of iced tea
I asked a kid if he's new around here
He's up from Dallas,
he moved here in 80
I had a hell of a fu ture that year
Movin' and shakin',
I was always in motion
My name in the papers,
and mine in the known
Now I'm passin' through Tunnelside,
four in a row
But I really got nowhere to go
The sun's comin' up
in my rearview mirror
Now openin' a white, blue sky
I hope the sun helps me
see things clearer now
A mile after meaning, this mile rolls by
Up in the visor
I stash all my photographs
All of them taken a long time ago
You in the swimming pool,
you on your bicycle
You on the river at Cape Girardeau
Gone with the Arkansas
swept by the current now
Where you and I only,
you and God know me
I'm passin' through Tulsa
at 4 in the morn'
But I really got nowhere to go
The sun's coming up
in my rearview mirror now
Opening a wide blue sky
I hope the sun helps me
see things clearer now
My left arm aching as my rolls by
Up in the visor
I stash all my photographs
All of them taken a long time ago
You in the swimming boot,
you on your bicycle
You on the river at Cape Girardeau
Gone with the Arkansas
swept by the current now
Where you are now
only you and God know me
I'm passing through Tulsa
at four in the morning
But I really got nowhere to go
I'm passing through Tulsa
at four in the morning
But I really got nowhere to go
Thank you. Thank