Tulsa OK Song (& Official Music Video)
About the Tulsa OK Song
In October 2020, during the pandemic, Kasie and I decided to take the RV to Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s hard to articulate exactly why, but that trip was transformative for me. We camped, explored, and met up with old friends (we had been quarantining prior to the trip). I didn’t want to leave Tulsa; I certainly did not feel like going back to work.
On the drive back to mid-Missouri, I wrote the lyrics to “Tulsa OK,” and a few days later, I got out the guitar and keyboard and created the music. An avid writer, I also started compiling a four-part diary on our Tulsa trip. For the first time, I started thinking about how I might blog and maybe document some of our adventures on YouTube if I ever retired. That was the beginning of what would become “Class C Broads.”
Within a week after the Tulsa trip, I gave notice that I was going to retire after practicing law for nearly 25 years. I was excited. I was scared. But I knew I was going to be OK.
It’s been roughly a year now so I’m finally posting my “Tulsa OK” song. The video is mostly photos of the trip because we weren’t filming back then (except for some shaking footage of our bike ride). I wanted to share it with you all and give you the background on the song. The four-part blog is also now up on the website. Thanks for reading and listening.
Please note that I am not a professional singer or musician. Be kind.
Lyrics to the Tulsa OK Song
VERSE 1
At the center of the universe
I heard an echo
I saw the Cave House
And lots of art deco
Woody Guthrie
Oil refineries
On land belonging
To the Muscogee
Hey Tulsa
You are more than OK.
I like your Golden Driller
And the hands that pray.
Tulsa, OK
A nice place to stay.
Wish I had a
Few more days.
VERSE 2
Feel the history
Along Route 66
From box cars to Ollies
To the monoliths
Take a drive along
The Mother Road
For whales, pumps
And totem poles
Hey Tulsa
You became more than OK
When Cyrus Avery
Paved the way
Tulsa, OK.
A nice place to stay.
Wish I had a
Few more days.
VERSE 3
Bike or walk
Along the riverside
The biking trails
Are paved and wide
See the Meadow Gold sign
The cowboy from space
The Philbrook gardens
And Gathering Place.
Hey Tulsa
You are more than OK
From Turkey Mountain
To the BOK.
VERSE 4
The prayer tower
And Tulsa U
Murals, art,
Lots of craft brews
Dead armadillo,
Marshall, Neff
Welltown, Renaissance
Nothing's Left
Cabin Boys,
High Gravity
American Solera
Elgin Park, and Prairie
Tulsa OK
But I only had a few days
Looks like I’ll be on my way.
