The people came here from parts unknown 人们来到这里，从部分未知

Sleepin' in their cars 'cause they didn't have homes 睡在自己的汽车“的原因，他们没有家

Thought this place was the promised land 想到这个地方被应许之地

If you could roughneck, we could use a good man 如果你能钻工，我们可以使用一个好人

Come on boy let me show you around 来吧，孩子让我告诉你身边

You could make a lot of money here 你可以赚很多钱在这里

Livin' in a boomtown 在一个新兴城市美好生活

   

We'll some build bars and big hotels 我们将建立一些酒吧和大酒店

Downshift drive and the people live well 降档传动和人民生活得很好

High on the hog and wild on the range 穷奢极侈和野生的范围

Pocket full of cash instead of chump change 口袋里装满小钱的现金，而不是

This place kicks when the sun goes down 这个地方踢，当太阳下山

Ain't life great when you're livin' in a boomtown 是不是生命，当你活着的巨大的新兴城市

   

See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul 见油是通过流魂血

To keep a man workin' when it's forty below 留住男人干活的时候它是40以下

Relent to the devil in the cold cold ground 松口恶魔在寒冷冰冷的地上

Trying to make a dollar here livin' in a boomtown 试图在一个新兴城市，使美元在这里活着

   

Six short years the oil fields went 短短六年的油田去

Rigs came down and the money got spent 钻机下来的钱都花在得到

And the wisemen saved for a rainy day 并保存了智者，以备不时之需

The fools packed up and moved away 傻瓜收拾行装离开

The hotels closed and the bars shut down 酒店的封闭和酒吧关闭

And it got real quite livin' in a boomtown 它得到了真正的非常美好生活的新兴城市

   

See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul 见油是通过流魂血

To keep a man workin' when it's forty below 留住男人干活的时候它是40以下

Relent to the devil in the cold cold ground 松口恶魔在寒冷冰冷的地上

Trying to make a dollar here livin' in a boomtown 试图在一个新兴城市，使美元在这里活着

   

Now the cafe's filled with people tellin' lies 现在网吧的坐满了人在告诉谎言

Trying to figure out how the town went dry 试图找出如何去城里干

You can buy a house a dime on the dollar 您可以在美元买房子一角钱

Need a good home just give me a holler 需要一个良好的家庭给我一个叫喊

I can move you in with no money down 我可以打动你的，没有钱下来

Still tryin' to make a dollar here livin' in a boomtown 还是试着做一块钱在这里活着的新兴城市

   

Livin' in a boomtown 在一个新兴城市美好生活

Livin' in a boomtown 在一个新兴城市美好生活