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 cause you know i ain t no fool and i don t need no more schoolin i was born to just walk the line livin on tulsa time livin on tulsa time well you ll know i been through it when i set my watch back to it livin on tulsa time 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 wastin time well then i got to thinkin man i m really sinkin an i really had a flash this time i had no business leavin an nobody would be grievin if i went on back to tulsa time  livin on tulsa time livin on tulsa time gonna set my watch back to it cause you know i been through it livin on tulsa time livin on tulsa time livin on tulsa time gonna set my watch back to it cause you know i been through it livin on tulsa time