Tulsa on My Mind

--- 🎵 “Tulsa on My Mind” (Country Rock Swing — Piano, Steel Guitar, and Harmony Vocals) (Intro – Piano riff with steel guitar slide) 🎹 [Piano rolls in like the start of a road trip. Steel guitar answers.] (Verse 1) I left Oklahoma on a Monday night, Sky was burnin’ red in the rearview light. Had a half tank of gas and a heart half full, Chasin’ down a dream that made me a fool. Now I’m playin’ every roadhouse from here to Cheyenne, Singin’ my story with a six-piece band. Crowds get loud but I just can’t unwind, ‘Cause I still got Tulsa on my mind. (Chorus) I got Tulsa on my mind, that river breeze, Those red dirt nights and the ol’ elm trees. There’s a girl back home I left behind, And Lord, I still got Tulsa on my mind. (Verse 2) The drummer’s snappin’ and the bass runs deep, But memories of her won’t let me sleep. She danced in boots ‘neath a neon moon, Said, “Don’t stay gone too long, come home soon.” Now the band’s all laughin’, raisin’ a glass, But I’m hummin’ her song while the miles roll past. Every steel note cuts like a goodbye line — Yeah, I still got Tulsa on my mind. (Chorus) I got Tulsa on my mind, that river breeze, Those red dirt nights and the ol’ elm trees. There’s a girl back home I left behind, And Lord, I still got Tulsa on my mind. (Bridge – Background Singers “Ooooh, Tulsa on my mind…”) 🎸 [Steel guitar takes a mournful solo] 🎹 [Piano echoes, soft gospel harmonies fill in] (Verse 3) Someday I’ll roll back down that line, Trade these neon lights for the Tulsa sign. She’ll be waitin’ there with that soft blue smile, And I’ll stay put—at least a while. (Final Chorus – Big Harmony) I got Tulsa on my mind, that river breeze, Those red dirt nights and the ol’ elm trees. Every road I take, I seem to find, I’m just chasin’ home — Tulsa on my mind. (Tag – Slow fade) Yeah, no matter where I roam, Tulsa’s callin’ me home… 🎹 Steel and piano intertwine, background singers hum “mmm… Tulsa on my mind.” ---