Black Gold Rush
Derek Johnson
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He just struck gold in North Dakota black tar oil found inside the ground where the buffalo used to roam There's a farmer's boy that wants to get well paid, provide for his family He made With his high school girl they were saving for a home So he meets with an oil businessman, slick black hair and a pen in hand Waying if you're to sign you can start today Since it pays better than $7.25, doesn't read the print signs every line Jumps in the company truck and is on his way There's an oasis that can't be found in the oil rigs of North Dakota There's an oasis that can't be found in the rumbling grounds of North Dakota Well a few years he's an oil man, for a couple raises and a bonus plan Just for pumping water deep in the ground He may have to work 60 hour weeks, for three days off so he can seek to ease his mind in that awful ringing sound At least when he's old he knows the floors won't shake, like when he's atop that rig they make No OSHA net but a hard hat on his head Well hour 50 being on the clock, his young mind's tired and there's no shock First and last mistake made the flame spread There's an oasis that can't be found in the oil rigs of North Dakota There's an oasis that can't be found in the rumbling grounds of North Dakota Well the oil boss didn't give a dime, to the dead man that put in his time Working hard till the rig was destroyed Cause he was only work for hire, no one's to blame for things this dire Fine print makes it clear when you're first employed So not much time had gone away, till they found another pawn that day The oil boss licked his hair back with a comb And of course they never went to court, they built themselves a legal fort in fields of flames were buffalo don't roam There's an oasis that can't be found in the oil rigs of North Dakota There's an oasis that can't be found in the rumbling grounds of North Dakota
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