Lyrics to
Tulsa Turnaround

This version of Tulsa Turnaround was released by Three Dog Night in 1972.

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Oh, Lord I wish I had never been stoned,
‘Cause when I get high I can’t leave those women alone.
Omaha sheriff and his boys getting’ ready to slaughter,
Lookin’ for the man who turned on the mayor’s daughter.

Omaha honey had a hold on a hell of a thing,
Down in the holler ev’ry evenin’ you could hear her sing, yeah.
You know a funky butt a-showed me the Tulsa Turnaround,
Stepped on my toes, turned me on and turned me down,
Fit me like a hand in a glove, she taught me how to love, y’all.

Five miles o’ road between me and the hounds,
A rosey throat sheriff and his deputies trackin’me down.
Wish I was back in Macon takin’ it easy
‘Cause when a man’s gonna eat fried chicken he’s a-gonna get a-greasy.

Omaha honey had a hold on a hell of a thing,
Down in the holler ev’ry evenin’ you could hear her sing, yeah.
You know a funky butt a-showed me the Funky Turnaround,
Stepped on my toes, turned me on and turned me down,
Fit me like a hand in a glove, she taught me how to love, you all.

Omaha honey had a hold on a hell of a thing, yeah
Down in the holler ev’ry evenin’ you could hear her sing, yeah.
You know a funky butt showed me the Tulsa Turnaround,
Stepped on my toes, turned me on then turned me down,
Fit me like a hand in a glove, she taught me how to love, you all.

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Three Dog Night has released many songs over the years besides Tulsa Turnaround. Three Dog Night released songs from 1968 to 1976 spanning across albums like Three Dog Night, Suitable For Framing, It Ain't Easy, Naturally, Harmony, Seven Separate Fools, Cyan, Hard Labor, Coming Down Your Way, and American Pastime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Three Dog Night.

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About Lyrics and Tulsa Turnaround by Three Dog Night

The lyrics to Tulsa Turnaround are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Three Dog Night used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Tulsa Turnaround have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Three Dog Night and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Tulsa Turnaround by Three Dog Night. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tulsa Turnaround" means the words set to the music of Tulsa Turnaround, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Three Dog Night. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tulsa Turnaround and the lyrics to Tulsa Turnaround are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Three Dog Night who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tulsa Turnaround, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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