Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris & Nicolette Larson
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris & Delia Bell
Shiloh (Doll)
“Tulsa Queen” is co-written by Harris and Hot Band guitarist Rodney Crowell. It is one of only a small handful of writing credits for Harris from her early country catalog.
The song gives the perspective of a heartsick highway rider who’s traveling beside a train called “The Tulsa Queen.” The singe...
[Verse 1]
I heard the train in the Tulsa night
Calling out my name, looking for a fight
Well she's come a long, long way
Got a longer way to go
So tell me how a train from Tulsa
Has got a right to know
[Verse 2]
Well she sings a song so sad and high
And the Tulsa Queen don't ever lie
And she don't care where she goes
Don't care where she's been
And the Tulsa Queen ain't crying
Because I won't see you again
Hey hey hey
[Verse 3]
And I want to ride like a Tulsa Queen
Calling out to you like she calls to me
As far away from Tulsa as these ten wheels can be
[Verse 4]
Lately I speak your name too loud
Each time it comes up in a crowd
And I know it when I do
The Tulsa Queen and you are gone
Tulsa Queen was written by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell.
Tulsa Queen was produced by Brian Ahern.
Emmylou Harris released Tulsa Queen on Sun Dec 26 1976.