Tulsa Queen

(Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell)

I heard the train

In the Tulsa night

Calling out my name

Looking for a fight

She's come a long, long way

Got a longer way to go

So tell me how a train from

Tulsa Has got a right to know

She sings a song

So sad and high

And the Tulsa

Queen Don't ever lie

And she don't care where she goes

Don't care where she's been

And the Tulsa

Queen ain't crying '

Cause I won't see you again

And I want to ride

Like a Tulsa

Queen Calling out to you

As she calls to me

As far away from

Tulsa As these ten wheels can be

Lately I speak

Your name too loud

Each time it comes up

In a crowd

And I know it when

I do The Tulsa

Queen and you

Are gone ...