The street light it flickers and quietly remembers Back to 45 to the Friday night sounds The coyotes are different, they moan in the distance And their cries cast spells on the town But the boys from the rigs, they had paychecks to show They made money, and spent it like hell They took their debt, the pain and regrets and they left them beneath that well Oil town, oil town you have black gold beneath your ground Oil town, oil town, she's been away but soon she'll be found Well Mary, she's restless She'd heard of east Texas of the pines and the roses out there The wind in her sail, she cursed Midland to Hell And she ran from all of her kids But the time past her by like the dreams in her mind She got a letter from her mother one day It said the boys from k-hill, they just broke the shale To bring Heaven to Midland to stay Oil town, oil town you have black gold benath your ground Oil town, oil town she's been away but soon she'll be found Oil town, oil town you have black gold beneath your ground Oil town, oil town she's been away but soon she'll be found Oil town, oil town you have black gold beneath your ground Oil town, oil town she's been away but soon she'll be soon she'll be found