24 HOURS FROM TULSA

The Gene Pitney song, '24 hours from Tulsa', has always baffled me.The first line,'Dearest, darling, i had to write to say that i wont be home anymore', why would he even consider writing to her,why didn't he just phone her. As a means of communicating with someone quickly,writing isn't the first thing that comes into your head,('Darling don't forget to order those tickets for the theatre tomorrow night', 'okay dear,I'll just write them a letter'!! )By the time it took him to find a pen and paper,and who can ever find an envelope and stamp when you need one, sit down and write some old rubbish about how he was only 24 hours away from her arms, but then met someone new, that letter would have taken days,maybe weeks to reach the poor girl.And what if the postmen were on strike or even worse, it had got lost in the post, for all we know, she could be still sat in Tulsa to this very day waiting for him to turn up !!!