Cross the border they turn water into wine
+ I. G2 ~" C# X& TSome say it's the devil's blood
4 c4 m% _. m+ I3 c8 u9 cThey squeezing from the vine& a" P1 ~% [. h4 D3 i" z4 |! g
Some say it's a savior
4 a- X% H8 O7 v3 L! dIn these hard and deseprated times
$ {- p4 y3 d A* P6 |It seems to help me to forget. ^8 _' h | R$ } T$ |
And we're just born to die: E9 q; R3 n V! ~* o5 y
I came here like so many did% o! s' Y9 H W* f
To find a better life7 f7 Z& |: m0 n
To find my piece of easy street
2 W+ K5 ~" k; qTo finally be alive
, j2 _8 `' z% A% MI know nothing good comes easy; z8 E0 W8 {3 g* x& {& Q8 L/ m3 @; r, \- e
All good things take some time: x6 b# y' e' p0 e/ f. u
I made my bed and I'll lie in it
* Q. O% D7 g |' xTo die in its crime
2 p( ^6 g- v9 o$ TYou can't help but prosper
; R: y/ u; H! SWhere the streets are paved with gold
{5 o& B0 h$ ]' M* W3 e1 PThey say the oil wells ran deeper here
& N M# V; l( bThan anybody's known& @2 x! _$ Y6 u# E1 s% n
Now I packed up on my wife and kids and left them back at home
e; u- d( t( m0 oSee there's nothing in this paydirt D1 d* r5 g4 P ~. z
The ghosts are all I know
0 g- Y8 d4 w3 L% Z( }Now the oil's gone6 l5 U; l8 }% C, P7 {) J2 p% z
And the money's gone
: N" q+ |: M! \% M6 v. ZAll the jobs are gone
5 T" a- ]6 M0 r" H" r( \Still we're hanging on
+ }% [+ a$ }+ Q+ cDown in7 T4 Z- e, U9 i! D
Dry county
6 M% H) Q) n) sThey were swimming in the sand1 Y* Z$ E- ?( S# Y
Praying for some holy waters( f9 a3 m5 u) u7 s" m2 u1 r' s
To wash these sins from off our hands
2 }0 \& }4 b# E- sHere in dry county
" ?# i/ U7 V; Y S. @3 ]- H, FThe promise has run dry
" u6 U T) A/ w. I8 lWhere nobody cries$ D' q1 g9 p# ~; D9 u; i% d
And no one's getting out of here alive
3 j/ r" O6 l- t- xIn the blessed name of Jesus
( Z7 a2 H( g9 q; u: \% A1 s zI heard the preacher say& |4 w& Q9 G9 ]9 W) @) c
That we are all god's children
- J6 w$ e5 [5 Z7 N- k4 d' S bAnd he'll back someday
& J8 T k4 y- [. x+ d$ B% [! SI hope that he knew something as he drinks that cup of wine
: a0 \& ?3 `6 fThat I don't have to have too good of feelings
, y2 e" S {% @As I head out to the night
8 Z! t5 s" ]* T2 z- \I cursed the sky to open
& u( T0 o w9 p' x6 j3 iI begged the clouds for rain
x' K1 {# `1 k# D9 g7 @I prayed to god for water, X9 {1 k0 [1 K/ |; k: f1 b3 s
For it's burning in my vain
& ~2 b4 E0 w; G4 h0 rIt was like my soul's on fire$ T" x |# n, V0 e6 w* j+ `
Now I have to watch the flames2 E! Y4 Y" M k9 Z) @& e; v
All my dreams went up in ashes' I: f2 g: e& ]
And my future blew away
0 A3 J4 D( g, a0 M6 JNow the oil's gone- k) Q7 E, {& n3 \% x5 T% M5 Y
And the money's gone- |5 @' b9 h% s! F% ]$ w
All the jobs are gone) r) V; \& D. L: @: Q8 ^- U
Still we're hanging on r6 j& ^! S% _# s. N7 K
Down in2 N$ ^$ ]+ l" G
Dry county p1 Z$ m' a: H1 `+ [0 w
They were swimming in the sand& I. n8 j% m/ A/ T9 O
Praying for some holy waters
# d, \7 H* c/ a9 X! R; aTo wash these sins from off our hands8 U1 v$ E5 E* Z+ w1 U
Here in dry county' W S/ I" ?! M( D: |4 M1 P
The promise has run dry
( o. R0 ?& {# ZWhere nobody cries
* X- b- {+ Y9 L$ S U5 e: t7 eAnd no one's getting out of here alive
1 w; Y5 f! Z8 Q( kMen spent their whole life waiting praying for some big reward
1 v+ |" y" e7 X* [. p* SIt seem sometimes they pay off leaves5 v, V' h, d$ K! J4 N
You feeling like a dirty hole% y- G+ i2 A$ V: ~
If I could choose the way I'll die6 t# R: }0 v4 l$ U1 c
Make it by the gun or knife7 ]; Q; ?+ J b) K0 z0 [
'Cause the other ways there's too much pain7 k0 l. ]; Q* y, h% `
Night after night after night after night....
9 X; l% ~/ m! T O, tDown in dry county+ [3 Y$ D' r" H2 V
They're swimming in the sand
. ^0 Z; a: f: u) D/ S/ h, q8 J DPraying for some holy water
0 ~; H# M# j# |2 f9 g' zTo wash the sins from off our hand
: ^+ B# ~2 Z; qHere in dry county
. p" f7 }1 h8 L) N, O1 ?! U. lThe promise has run dry; Y% U* h m3 Y3 L% v' g5 Y( \
Where nobody cries
' X" S- ^0 M" ^4 T. G, D! tAnd no one's getting out of here alive2 I4 L3 T f+ T6 Z. m( g2 [3 R( @# w
Dry county4 P( l- E1 R% |% i7 v1 V
And no one's getting out of here alive
8 Y5 `+ q2 b7 F1 a/ T7 cDry county |
