Tulsa Time
Chasing Dreams on Tulsa Time: Eric Clapton's Musical Odyssey
Lyrics
Well I left Oklahoma
Leaving Oklahoma, departing from a familiar place.
Driving in a Pontiac
Driving in a Pontiac, the mode of transportation used.
Just about to lose my mind
Feeling mentally strained or stressed.
I was going to Arizona
Intending to go to Arizona.
Maybe on to California
Possibly planning to travel further to California.
People all living so fine
Observing people living affluent or content lives.
My momma called me crazy
Received criticism from one's mother for unconventional choices.
My baby said I'm lazy
Partner accusing the speaker of being lazy.
Gonna show em all this time
Determined to prove others wrong this time.
Cause you know I ain't no fooling
Asserting one's seriousness and sincerity.
I don't need no more damn school
Rejecting the need for formal education.
Want to just walk the line
Desire to pursue a straightforward path in life.
Living on Tulsa time
Expressing the desire to live by a more relaxed or easygoing lifestyle characteristic of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Living on Tulsa time
-Gonna set my watch back to it
-Cause you know me, I've been through it
-Living on Tulsa time
-So there I was in Hollywood
Reflecting on being in Hollywood, perhaps feeling successful.
Thinking I was doing good
Believing one is doing well or succeeding.
Talking on the telephone line
Communicating via telephone, likely discussing career opportunities.
They don't want me in the movies
Experiencing rejection from the movie industry.
Ain't nobody sing my song
Feeling unacknowledged for one's talent or work.
Momma says my baby's doing fine
Receiving reassurance about the well-being of one's child.
So then I started thinking
Beginning to reconsider choices or decisions made.
And I got to weaken
Feeling a sense of vulnerability or uncertainty.
I really had a flash this time
Having a sudden realization or insight.
I had no business leaving
Realizing the mistake of leaving one's roots.
Ain't nobody would be grieving
Believing no one would be affected by the speaker's absence.
Seen I'm on Tulsa time
Recognizing the appeal of living in Tulsa.
Living on Tulsa time
Reiterating the desire to embrace the laid-back lifestyle associated with Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Living on Tulsa time
-Gonna set my watch back to it
-Cause you know me, I've been through it
-Living on Tulsa time
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