Eric Clapton – Tulsa Time – (1985)
Written by Danny Flower for Don Williams (1978)

Well, I left Oklahoma
Driving in a Po-ontiac,
Just about to lo-ose my mind.
I was going to Arizona,
'n' O-on to California
Where people all livin' so fine.

My ma-amma called me crazy,
My ba-aby said I'm lazy,
But I'm gonna show 'em a-all this time
Cause you know I ain't no fool an'
I don't need no more damn scho-olin'.
I was born to ju-ust wa-alk the line.

Livin' on Tulsa time.
Livin' on Tulsa time.
Gonna set my watch back to it
Cause you know that I've been through it.
Livin' on Tulsa time.

So there I was in Hollywood,
Thinkin' I was doing good,
Talkin' on the telephone line.
They don't want me in the movies
And no-obody si-ings my songs;
My mamma says my baby's doing fine.

So-o then I started thinkin',
Guess I got to drinkin'
Re-eally had a flash this time.
See, I had no business leaving
(so) No-obody would be grieving;
I'm livin' on Tu-ulsa time.

Livin' on Tulsa time.
Livin' on Tulsa time.
Gonna set my watch back to it
Cause you know that I've been through it.
Livin' on Tulsa time.

Cat Stevens – Father and Son  – 1971

FATHER: It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now, 
and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found 
something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, 
but your dreams may not.

SON:  How can I try to explain, 
when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk 
I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way 
and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

FATHER:  It's not time to make a change, 
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault, 
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

SON:  All the times that I cried, 
keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, 
but it's them that know not me.
Now there's a way 
and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.