City of Shame

Raised alone, daddy's running a string

Five generations of American dreams

The wind, it howls, and the pump jacks, they sing

Get your money and run and you won't miss a thing

This town out west, it raised me fast

Sometimes red dirt paves a crooked path

Nobody's around to see what we've done

Just the flare in the night till the morning sun

Yeah, in the city of shame

Where the poor got rich and they went insane

Spending all their money trying to kill the pain

The poor got rich and they went insane

On an oil rig in the city of shame

Yeah, the city of shame

Ah, yeah, in the city of shame

Mama got me out as soon as she could

But I was too far gone and I did what I would

Go back to see what trouble my friends found

Get stoned and wait for the sun to go down

Now they're all strung out on amphetamines

You either stay to die or you're dying to leave

I'm glad I got out just when I did

I was pretty messed up but I was just a kid

Where the poor got rich and they went insane

Spending all their money trying to kill the pain

The poor got rich and they went insane

On an oil rig in the city of shame

Yeah, the city of shame

Ah, yeah, the city of shame

The word got out that the boom came again

So innocent souls came to our land

Bought a one-bedroom for a hefty price

Won't be worth a damn when the land runs dry

Where the poor got rich and they went insane

Spending all their money trying to kill the pain

The poor got rich and they went insane

On an oil rig in the city of shame

Yeah, the city of shame

Ah, yeah, the city of shame