Tulsa Time - Don Williams / Eric Clapton (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Tulsa Time (Don Williams, 1978; Eric Clapton, 1980). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-04-05. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"Tulsa Time," written by Danny Flowers, was a #1 hit on Billboard's Top Country Singles chart for Don Williams in 1978 and a #30 hit for Eric Clapton on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1980, which was recorded live at the Budokan concert hall in Japan and released on his "Just One Night" album; although he did release a studio version in 1978, but it did not chart (Whitburn, 1993, 2006, 2013). What is surprising is that the song was written by a North Carolinian (Flowers) and sung by a Texan (Williams) and an English man (Clapton) (M. Smith, tulsaworld.com, Sep. 8, 2018). Williams was awarded the Academy of Country Music's "Single of the Year" award for "Tulsa Time" in 1979 (AwardsShowNetwork, youtube.com, 2011) and Tulsa, OK's mayor designated February 4, 1979 Don Williams' Day for his recognition of the city (countrythangdaily.com, 2022).

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Lyrics:

I left Oklahoma drivin' in a Pontiac
Just about to lose my mind
I was goin' on to Arizona, maybe on to California
Where all the people live so fine
My baby said I was crazy, my momma called me lazy
I was goin' to 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 know I've 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 wastin' time
Well, then I got to thinkin', man I'm really sinkin'
And I really had a flash this time
I had no business leavin' and 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've 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've been through it
Livin' on Tulsa time