And I Know It When I Do

i heard the train
in the tulsa night
calling out my name
looking for a fight
she's come a long long way
got a longer way to go
tell me how a train from tulsa
has got a right to know

she sings a song
so sad and high
and the tulsa queen
don't ever lie
she don't care where she goes
she don't care where she's been
and the tulsa queen ain't cryin'
'cause she won't see you again

and i want to ride
like the tulsa queen
callin' out to you
like she calls to me
as far away from tulsa
as these ten wheels can be

lately i speak your name too loud
each time i go out in a crowd
and i know it when i do
that the tulsa queen and you
are gone

--rodney crowell