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抣l 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 wisemen 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