Boomtown

Well

The people came here from parts unknown

Sleepin' in their cars 'cause they didn't have homes

They thought this place was the promised land

If you could roughneck

We could use a good man

Come on

Boy

Let me show you around

You could make a lot of money here

Livin' in a boomtown

Well

Some build bars and big hotels

Downshift drive and the people live well

High on the hog and wild on the range

Pocket full of cash instead of chump change

This place kicks when the sun goes down

Ain't life great when you're livin' in a boomtown

You see oil was the blood that flowed through the soul

Keep a man workin' when it's forty below

Relent to the

Devil in the cold

Cold ground

Trying to make a dollar here

Six short years the oil fields went

Rigs came down and the money got spent

And the wise men saved for a rainy day

The fools packed up and they moved away

The hotels closed and the bars shut down

And it got real quite here

Livin' in a boomtown

See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul

Keep a man workin' when it's forty below

Relent to the

Devil in the cold

Cold ground

Trying to make a dollar here

Livin' in a boomtown

Now

The cafe's filled with people tellin' lies

Trying to figure out how the town went dry

You can buy a house

A dime on the dollar

Need a good home just give me a holler

I can move you in with no money down

Still tryin' to make a dollar here

Livin' in a boomtown

Livin' in a boomtown

Livin' in a boomtown