Cross the border they turn water into wine
% m7 F" L0 z6 n3 m2 nSome say it's the devil's blood
+ j f/ L2 {+ {+ P# L& q' fThey squeezing from the vine
4 @% c8 f! ]/ k* TSome say it's a savior
1 E1 `: k0 h6 \. U" V. zIn these hard and deseprated times
7 W' B0 |& i% e/ \: `4 s ]9 DIt seems to help me to forget
1 a# {3 p- ~7 L; B JAnd we're just born to die
! g/ V/ V2 y( T9 l- V. NI came here like so many did6 S' F! p: l. n& z" a8 Y) w% y: g
To find a better life( y" G: G/ }" V( k
To find my piece of easy street% s8 ^! a h3 z
To finally be alive- Z+ u2 l& D6 _: j" f2 G- f
I know nothing good comes easy2 |* A6 i d2 K: U* O
All good things take some time
2 B# M9 R9 K6 Q( kI made my bed and I'll lie in it8 {9 g3 R& N. B2 L1 N( K
To die in its crime2 ^2 t0 e1 F3 P
You can't help but prosper
4 C& s5 }! C+ lWhere the streets are paved with gold/ i- p* g8 ] a. E( a3 ]% o
They say the oil wells ran deeper here
2 B, s& `% Z8 a( p5 H+ L3 jThan anybody's known. f1 j- j2 q# s8 Q
Now I packed up on my wife and kids and left them back at home& Z: u' O( ?5 V# _4 F
See there's nothing in this paydirt
+ }; K5 E& K/ G$ ?- {/ YThe ghosts are all I know
) z5 C7 r% I b: t& C7 j- iNow the oil's gone
- d; i; u* I1 ^3 i4 y6 [* W2 iAnd the money's gone) }3 s+ _, W2 I6 M* ~$ A# D
All the jobs are gone
, a0 }2 o; X- P3 [Still we're hanging on
# |2 G2 O! G% Y* h7 x. CDown in' G5 f( C. f5 U/ O( ~
Dry county
# B! k( S! z0 K3 HThey were swimming in the sand: {1 l/ W, l! s3 M' {8 P! k
Praying for some holy waters
# D! M0 T8 I9 R, R) }To wash these sins from off our hands
7 [9 h, B5 K" gHere in dry county( B1 c& S+ ~0 a
The promise has run dry0 \9 S! e! r( H
Where nobody cries2 h/ F( `# F! G
And no one's getting out of here alive9 k+ q$ \0 _& e9 |
In the blessed name of Jesus/ W r4 f5 T. Z) V: A/ M2 u7 `
I heard the preacher say
8 j5 F) k3 v( m/ h7 S W; x+ FThat we are all god's children8 P0 S e# {3 V* B. u( @' V: ?- d A
And he'll back someday _# ^1 q b/ Q( N$ K) r
I hope that he knew something as he drinks that cup of wine
6 F8 m6 v- D T; [, d4 z+ HThat I don't have to have too good of feelings1 Z4 s8 a6 {) T
As I head out to the night
! ^! W$ g/ i5 @$ KI cursed the sky to open
( Z; ?* w- b Q/ t* TI begged the clouds for rain6 l. b/ u' f9 W. X
I prayed to god for water
! y3 K( q/ S+ yFor it's burning in my vain
5 |& z9 D6 [ G3 @ R8 DIt was like my soul's on fire- Z, N9 L# E* r' Z$ h
Now I have to watch the flames5 @7 k% U* s4 Z: d' y6 j* U
All my dreams went up in ashes. }* k' b/ o# @' W
And my future blew away. u$ v5 J. {( W4 {& a6 k" X
Now the oil's gone% N! a2 l5 c: F, V8 p6 v
And the money's gone
U8 m( E/ l& j. `All the jobs are gone
6 S4 A* n1 B2 mStill we're hanging on
9 `, R; d4 S9 HDown in/ Y2 A w1 [2 j
Dry county
0 m3 i- M4 Q4 @' A. J, hThey were swimming in the sand
! o0 R* l" p4 \5 c) z4 E) B* UPraying for some holy waters w! Z$ j% i1 b) N C
To wash these sins from off our hands
$ ~$ G1 Z# p: uHere in dry county
0 |1 ?8 |$ V% ^ h# m- X8 x; bThe promise has run dry+ `8 G% C0 H% x) t, f& q
Where nobody cries
8 w3 v+ X |' t' w, o" F; |# g: BAnd no one's getting out of here alive
& V% D3 q0 e. n4 x0 q1 R+ k2 CMen spent their whole life waiting praying for some big reward; Y8 @- f; u: l4 y- A! J' |' b
It seem sometimes they pay off leaves! N8 g! `. Q1 F, a' C
You feeling like a dirty hole; t& c, Z+ U6 J) O! O b: M" T
If I could choose the way I'll die
) L$ p% t2 C/ g& D3 L; O5 aMake it by the gun or knife
/ u6 f1 i: A7 Q'Cause the other ways there's too much pain# J2 d- F8 o }6 B7 H
Night after night after night after night....9 x& `# j) K$ l7 \
Down in dry county- H4 {0 `' j! Q2 l: O# I }
They're swimming in the sand
7 Y$ L( B1 v7 Y X4 Q3 sPraying for some holy water+ ^+ a- @: w' e6 f5 b
To wash the sins from off our hand
z' Z ^7 t! m6 _Here in dry county
- O w$ @) F4 _: D% E8 lThe promise has run dry
( X# C& S- i3 NWhere nobody cries6 V+ ]7 \4 e5 z- M* i
And no one's getting out of here alive
6 {, l: j. x# ~! ODry county1 ]: Z) J) d: F
And no one's getting out of here alive( T( K k" w( t' e
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