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Cross the border they turn water into wine; T% x5 r: X- C1 ^6 P
Some say it's the devil's blood
8 d6 ?3 c! I7 U# H3 aThey squeezing from the vine5 w- U' H% v$ l$ M2 O1 Q. L0 {
Some say it's a savior
4 Y3 M* A) \, G, b5 I% oIn these hard and deseprated times+ J5 w. _; [' ]! T
It seems to help me to forget
% r9 f7 H8 P3 ?And we're just born to die7 w1 s' q" ~* X1 C+ P3 S+ I
I came here like so many did: I, ]$ J! ^% a4 P+ O+ ^
To find a better life
" I: u" _, L, L" b2 ITo find my piece of easy street8 r4 o7 b, }; l8 ~4 Y
To finally be alive
B1 `3 S7 d, X7 ` }3 aI know nothing good comes easy
L# i- m* f+ ]2 o5 VAll good things take some time, L4 ~4 I& v/ E" z7 N' q+ c, D
I made my bed and I'll lie in it
, H% ? {8 `/ C# H6 lTo die in its crime5 N- D# ~9 a* M2 u6 [
You can't help but prosper
: M) X! ~4 m% [. f) ZWhere the streets are paved with gold, s* k* s# w' O3 _+ x
They say the oil wells ran deeper here" }. W4 t* o/ P
Than anybody's known: G" k4 w- h, v% ^
Now I packed up on my wife and kids and left them back at home8 [, r4 Q& P# l6 R5 \
See there's nothing in this paydirt
' Y- ~) J" t2 E$ f/ }1 QThe ghosts are all I know& m* G6 ]6 N( m+ n p
Now the oil's gone( \( i7 x7 D! s, M/ L
And the money's gone) }2 P# e8 k$ g2 c
All the jobs are gone: @! C( J! B( \; C3 X
Still we're hanging on* H1 x* k2 R! J* U
Down in
4 `4 j7 q7 {5 S7 ^( \; ODry county- l+ Q& U" ] S+ P
They were swimming in the sand
- V k' d0 {# j! ?, M8 PPraying for some holy waters
8 A, z8 o8 [1 X/ |3 BTo wash these sins from off our hands
& @3 k' P- X/ @. P; P3 aHere in dry county
9 G) o5 o3 N% N# T3 j5 K/ fThe promise has run dry
0 @" V# V+ Q) W. T. ^Where nobody cries
: V) N* Q; D% {4 e3 n% QAnd no one's getting out of here alive
) y! ?/ C5 K5 {. w ^In the blessed name of Jesus/ }' p3 ]' p7 T- J, S0 ]7 X
I heard the preacher say' f) V+ h' o/ N4 q8 N
That we are all god's children
7 Y$ k8 u+ L; L8 E+ k; E/ r/ VAnd he'll back someday5 T( ~3 {" A3 k" O; q# p
I hope that he knew something as he drinks that cup of wine/ C {9 n9 T3 V+ p7 c3 t% Q! V
That I don't have to have too good of feelings/ ]% E/ Y# J& Q. J1 x8 P
As I head out to the night; K' K1 W) a4 d8 G# P7 Z9 v9 c
I cursed the sky to open D. Z) U, Z3 C/ ?
I begged the clouds for rain
4 v+ P- s: o" d# w7 Q( U* g* AI prayed to god for water |! u. Y! G4 y1 |8 N0 Z
For it's burning in my vain
: Q1 Z/ y8 S( E; T/ j5 {It was like my soul's on fire
2 X+ @& x( _# w# v- JNow I have to watch the flames
& c" F- V6 f r3 |0 C0 hAll my dreams went up in ashes
3 A& D, [: T6 H6 H9 VAnd my future blew away7 t9 k* b" g+ T, ]
Now the oil's gone
3 N' b7 P6 A1 s: {0 x7 h, `7 CAnd the money's gone
0 j- j4 x( O6 S$ |! |5 X! NAll the jobs are gone
! J& n+ W3 I8 P! a& \Still we're hanging on
9 m g% I' m' u* w: hDown in
) ]/ F P% Y, D* @- o4 M# E4 a: _3 b7 vDry county. F( _; P2 q) [9 q5 b B
They were swimming in the sand
6 Y2 t, h7 B/ T" ?/ aPraying for some holy waters9 E$ l5 {' l; k
To wash these sins from off our hands6 H. s6 D1 ]4 ^$ k
Here in dry county
. S. ? s9 d+ n+ ~2 `8 sThe promise has run dry# _" l0 v: N& x2 s5 P, O: O6 Q
Where nobody cries
) m) t- w) q/ H& f+ Z( zAnd no one's getting out of here alive
2 V+ Q$ S: @, B5 U0 m* u( VMen spent their whole life waiting praying for some big reward
6 l% G) d1 g9 I! y3 r% H; QIt seem sometimes they pay off leaves8 E( a$ {+ S' c* {! a
You feeling like a dirty hole
& D" M3 K& u Y/ p7 AIf I could choose the way I'll die
' t9 S! r, q9 WMake it by the gun or knife& }* W; t4 J( C, m! h/ z
'Cause the other ways there's too much pain
+ [6 `; f) k S4 n9 ]( h8 c" zNight after night after night after night....
6 A B! n, [5 }2 u* aDown in dry county
6 T O* L' W9 lThey're swimming in the sand/ ^. D6 Q7 Y t: K A
Praying for some holy water
6 u- `7 s& q" r! uTo wash the sins from off our hand& V% Q# I/ P! e) W8 D" g2 z
Here in dry county
3 G; P& B% N7 Q: K4 F& fThe promise has run dry" F0 s: b& @' f# D
Where nobody cries
+ ]) K8 ?- j4 s0 |+ T) x/ RAnd no one's getting out of here alive
- d% u; D# A, Z8 ^% j$ sDry county9 [0 Q7 N# N+ w8 e A+ ]! Z2 C
And no one's getting out of here alive
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