Dry County

[ti:dry county] [ar:Bon Jovi] [al:abduction] [by:white_wind_2008] [offset:500] [0:0]欢迎访问 我爱音乐 [00:10.31]Across the border they turn [00:14.81]Water into wine [00:16.72]Some say it's the devil's blood [00:20.82]They're squeezing from the vine [00:22.97]Some say it's a saviour [00:26.19]In these hard and desperate times [00:29.47]For me it helps me to forget [00:32.65]That we're just born to die [00:39.32]I came here like so many did [00:53.66]To find the better life [00:56.63]To find my piece of easy street [00:59.91]To finally be alive [01:02.41]And I know nothing good comes easy [01:05.49]And all good things take some time [01:08.67]I made my bed I'll lie in it [01:11.74]To die in it's the crime [01:14.81]You can't help but prosper [01:17.51]Where the streets are paved with gold [01:20.50]They say the oil wells ran deeper here [01:23.57]than anybody's known [01:26.57]I packed up on my wife and kid [01:29.70]And left them back at home [01:32.53]Now there's nothing in this paydirt [01:35.55]The ghosts are all I know [01:38.46]Now the oil's gone [01:40.95]The money's gone [01:43.60]And the jobs are gone [01:46.53]Still we're hangin' on [01:49.54]Down in dry county [01:52.93]They're swimming in the sand [01:55.83]Praying for some holy water [01:59.12]To wash the sins from off our hand [02:02.97]Here in dry county [02:05.49]The promise has run dry [02:08.34]Where nobody cries [02:11.27]And no one's getting out of here alive [02:15.85]In the blessed name of Jesus [02:29.36]I heard a preacher say [02:32.77]That we are God's children [02:36.08]And He'd be back someday [02:39.09]And I hoped that he knew [02:41.19]Something as he drank his cup of wine [02:44.33]I didn't have too good of a feeling [02:47.20]As I head out to the night [02:50.56]I cursed the sky to open [02:53.36]I begged the clouds for rain [02:56.33]I prayed to God for water [02:59.25]For this burning in my veins [03:02.59]It was like my soul's on fire [03:05.13]And I had to watch the flames [03:08.30]All my dreams went up in ashes [03:11.03]And my future blew away [03:13.90]Now the oil's gone [03:16.69]And the money's gone [03:19.80]And the jobs are gone [03:23.02]Still we're hangin' on [03:25.83]Down in dry county [03:29.34]They're swimming in the sand [03:31.82]Praying for some holy water [03:34.96]To wash the sins from off our hand [03:38.19]Here in dry county [03:41.40]The promise has run dry [03:45.16]Where nobody cries [03:48.07]And no one's getting out of here alive [04:27.50]Men spend their whole lives [04:29.16]Waiting praying for their big reward [04:31.82]But it seems sometimes [04:34.48]]The payoff leaves you feeling [04:36.36]Like a dirty whore [04:38.71]If I could choose the way I'll die [04:41.72]Make it by the gun or knife [04:44.64]'Cause the other way there's too much pain [04:48.13]Night after night after night [04:51.66]Down in dry county [04:59.56]They're swimming in the sand [05:01.74]Praying for some holy water [05:04.60]To wash the sins from off our hand [05:08.75]Here in dry county [05:10.78]The promise has run dry [05:14.08]Where nobody cries [05:17.43]And no one's getting out of here alive [05:23.03]DRY COUNTRY [05:51.77]END