Cross the border they turn water into wine
7 P/ G9 T3 N% d% x' \5 N3 [2 L6 uSome say it's the devil's blood
* u' ^- c4 ~0 x- K6 M/ C2 N: tThey squeezing from the vine6 [1 E& k' [# H- k( K
Some say it's a savior, u/ x: F. ^2 \* _. }9 o
In these hard and deseprated times
" w/ S! [) ~9 x( N! v2 ]4 ]It seems to help me to forget
' e, m# j/ @6 B5 w% @0 ~: pAnd we're just born to die
) `: q: g+ a9 YI came here like so many did3 `) T7 v+ @7 E& v# |& {7 B
To find a better life. G1 v8 I: n2 v& H. f f
To find my piece of easy street
/ d& Y8 F. D8 X: MTo finally be alive* m$ f$ i0 i( T' _
I know nothing good comes easy1 N5 K0 e/ ^) }: v% A3 h# B# s
All good things take some time
$ {' n `5 G6 _4 zI made my bed and I'll lie in it5 b& `3 w& ^0 N4 @. J5 w
To die in its crime
) _4 C7 C: T) u# ?- A: G4 ~You can't help but prosper
& f! }* C i7 g4 P5 w2 j- R: wWhere the streets are paved with gold# m: Q2 q8 |$ v& F( X
They say the oil wells ran deeper here
6 d: l/ L8 A( [& OThan anybody's known
0 F- U. t1 u2 l- C- N) u+ XNow I packed up on my wife and kids and left them back at home
. ]" e" h! N2 m" f) _See there's nothing in this paydirt9 T" B0 Q3 a* c2 I3 g/ _' [8 y
The ghosts are all I know
6 F+ D" }- U' n% sNow the oil's gone
, _" V( H5 S/ p4 b$ @! I! YAnd the money's gone+ S/ W8 R1 i; N$ N
All the jobs are gone8 o$ U9 i5 S. U6 h
Still we're hanging on
, ?) B; p# O" `. bDown in- U* P* b4 j2 D2 Y! S
Dry county
0 r! S2 b7 v" \- U- HThey were swimming in the sand
. y% x) U$ w: B2 EPraying for some holy waters
7 z: I3 ~- i; JTo wash these sins from off our hands
# D' a7 s: _' ?! g& b4 Z! [Here in dry county v7 Q2 {* s' e6 Q6 E2 s& H" l
The promise has run dry
: f9 N+ O f. w0 f* t4 oWhere nobody cries
9 R4 t# N" ^( h8 `4 V1 vAnd no one's getting out of here alive$ ]% O7 w4 J8 r4 A) Y* {7 W3 G
In the blessed name of Jesus
" V4 s4 q6 e; T( g5 UI heard the preacher say4 d, }0 c% r9 h7 t3 v" J
That we are all god's children
7 z. @4 A0 u2 ]And he'll back someday& D1 ]. Y8 J. P2 k
I hope that he knew something as he drinks that cup of wine
1 q" S, Z& U. r/ @7 jThat I don't have to have too good of feelings5 x, y ^) Z) \' c: \
As I head out to the night
' O/ d4 E5 [( |' eI cursed the sky to open: J( |3 c- h5 V, {1 ?" K5 i, V/ a
I begged the clouds for rain) N# S; P5 d3 i' C. j; `
I prayed to god for water1 ?$ w! s, ]9 s6 p
For it's burning in my vain% d" Y: O- p7 l* t
It was like my soul's on fire
N8 i+ b$ o7 O7 |" d" D* d+ |Now I have to watch the flames
, c5 u9 W/ u0 f) _! o2 g2 N+ dAll my dreams went up in ashes
; ]1 N Y9 ^) L5 C& bAnd my future blew away
. D# K$ Z, B, W% \% J1 {: BNow the oil's gone/ V3 p$ h* z; V N0 I( N0 ]) _5 I
And the money's gone
% a3 D0 {7 `2 P1 z( ?8 FAll the jobs are gone. ^5 X! B5 R9 L( K B7 Q4 @) D
Still we're hanging on$ x( d: z. Q2 d# a% S/ s: X
Down in
- l$ Z$ H e! qDry county
S, E4 \9 W+ D8 u: @+ o( HThey were swimming in the sand
& ^$ I0 J, {8 ]; a# G" J1 W) UPraying for some holy waters
6 s2 ^- a& z5 KTo wash these sins from off our hands
6 `$ M6 P0 l& xHere in dry county
, \- ?+ m; R) R( A* |0 dThe promise has run dry' L9 U" A, M4 W/ n( A0 E3 Q
Where nobody cries
" c$ M. O: p$ y5 z/ ]# fAnd no one's getting out of here alive* ?! b) w. h6 B* i1 Z9 r
Men spent their whole life waiting praying for some big reward/ ^7 X" x- Z9 N% P
It seem sometimes they pay off leaves
% w1 i& J* x: N, l# UYou feeling like a dirty hole/ K& n0 \6 K5 Q( h
If I could choose the way I'll die
+ u* a# g! A* K2 w! I) F! t' XMake it by the gun or knife- Q- ~/ ^& q6 g/ A( S1 C0 a/ }
'Cause the other ways there's too much pain
' Y) N0 H3 r4 _+ q4 l5 j& {Night after night after night after night....
; O; L, b; @) c' }% Z c; Z9 h$ `7 eDown in dry county" L& B3 o3 k, p
They're swimming in the sand* A7 T& f' f$ c K
Praying for some holy water9 M9 d! p# F2 t
To wash the sins from off our hand
6 Z( Y. P( H( D4 A4 NHere in dry county
$ p3 g! K: K9 b! QThe promise has run dry
2 x q2 h+ L; b. A' dWhere nobody cries
: ?# G$ W+ M8 I: M: H& P& o6 IAnd no one's getting out of here alive$ L& |, x4 r8 n: p5 }, n! U
Dry county) r) N/ V8 U _
And no one's getting out of here alive
0 a, u: U4 E0 F0 ODry county |