[Verse 1]
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 paints a crooked path
Nobody's around to see what we've done
Just a flare in the night til the morning sun aha
Yeah in the City of Shame

[Chorus]
Well 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 City of Shame aha
Yeah City of Shame

[Verse 2]
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
Glad I got out just when I did
I was pretty messed up but I was just a kid
[Chorus]
Well 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 aha
Yeah City of Shame aha
Yeah City of Shame

[Verse 3]
Word got out that the boom came again
So innocent souls came to our lair
Bought a one-bedroom for a hefty price
Won't be worth a damn when the land runs dry

[Chorus]
Well 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 aha
Yeah City of Shame aha
Yeah City of Shame aha