The people came here from parts unknown
Sleepin' in their cars 'cause they didn't have homes
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

We'll 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


See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul
To 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

Six short years the oil fields went

Rigs came down and the money got spent
And the wi!@&( saved for a rainy day
The fools packed up and moved away

The hotels closed and the bars shut down
And it got real quite livin' in a boomtown


See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul
To 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