City of Shame

Raised alone, daddy's running a string
 Five generations of american dreams
 The wind it howls, and the pumpjacks they sing
 Get your money and run and you won't miss a thing
 You see 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
 Where the poor got rich and they went insane
 Spending all their money trying to kill the pain
 Where the poor got rich and they went insane
 On an oil rig in the city of shame
 In the city of shame
 Momma 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
 Well they all ended up on amphetamines
 You either stay to die or you're dyin to leave
 Well 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
 Where the poor got rich and they went insane
 On an oil rig in the city of shame
 In the city of shame
 The word got out that 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
 Where the poor got rich and they went insane
 On an oil rig in the city of shame
 In the city of shame