There's nothing else in Oklahoma
But oil wells and a derailed train
There's nothing else to see in Tulsa
But a skyscraper genius terrain

The red dirt banks of Oklahoma lead
Unremarked to an Arkansas jail
The trucks that rumble, trains that screech
Sleeping wherever it doesn't feel cold

There's chunks of tar on the beach in Texas
I think they think it's normal on the Gulf
Like the heat and sand, I don't remember water
It was a cold and rainy island that month

But the boys and girls in America -
Are all desperate for something new
This emptiness is all they inherit
The sky, the jazz, and the blues

7/31/25