Hi Neil,
Thank you Neil for my geography lesson!! - now I know where Amarillo and Tulsa are!!!
Apparently the reason that Amarillo was chosen for the song was because it was the only place name that Sedaka could think of that rhymed with "willow" and "pillow".
Just to refresh your memories
'Show me the way to Amarillo
I've been weeping like a willow
Crying over Amarillo
And sweet Marie who waits for me'
And of course you remember Gene Pitney's big hit in 1964
'Oh I was only 24 hours from Tulsa
Ah only one day away from your arms
I hate to do this to you
But I love somebody new
What can I do
And I can never never never go home again'
Pity about some of your hapless experiences- but life was never.......
