I was heading out of Big D
For the Oklahoma line.
When I heard the news I shivered.
I better make up some time.

I was thinking 'bout my family
And those I left behind.
I'm racing into the sunset,
Afraid of what'll find.

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I was riding into Tulsa.
It used to be my home town.
Been digging for days through all that remains,
But they burned it to the ground.

I'm carefully moving through the streets,
Where I played as a child.
I see skeletons of buildings.
The smoke is killing my eyes.

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Now I'm heading back to Big D,
As I wipe back the tears.
Memories of a land of milk and honey,
All but disappeared.

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