You can buy a house, a dime on the dollar

Livin' in a boomtown, livin' in a boomtown
This place kicks when the sun goes down
You could make a lot of money here, livin' in a boomtown
Trying to make a dollar here, livin' in a boomtown

Keep a man workin' when it's forty below
Relent to the Devil in the cold, cold ground
Trying to make a dollar here
High on the hog and wild on the range
Relent to the Devil in the cold, cold ground

Downshift drive and the people live well
The hotels closed and the bars shut down
And the wise men saved for a rainy day
Now, the cafe's filled with people tellin' lies
If you could roughneck, we could use a good man
The fools packed up and they moved away
They thought this place was the promised land
And it got real quite here, livin' in a boomtown
See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul

Well, some build bars and big hotels
Six short years the oil fields went
Pocket full of cash instead of chump change
Need a good home just give me a holler
Trying to figure out how the town went dry
You see oil was the blood that flowed through the soul
I can move you in with no money down

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

Keep a man workin' when it's forty below

Come on, boy, let me show you around
Rigs came down and the money got spent

Still tryin' to make a dollar here, livin' in a boomtown