| I left Oklahoma driving in a Pontiac |
| Just about to lose my mind |
| I was going to Arizona maybe on to California |
| Where the people all live so fine |
| My baby said I was crazy |
| My moma called me lazy |
| I was gonna show’em all this time |
| Cause you know I ain’t no fooling |
| I don’t need no more school’in |
| I was born to just walk the line |
| 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 |
| Where there I was in Hollywood |
| Wishing I was doing good |
| Talking on telephone line |
| But they don’t need me in the movies |
| And nobody sings my songs |
| Guess I’m just wasting time |
| Well then I got to thinking |
| Man I’m really sinking |
| And I really had a flash this time |
| I had no business leaving |
| And nobody would be grieving |
| If I went on back to Tulsa time |
| Repeat chorus |