Songs:Boomtown (41693)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

Lyrics

Boomtown
by Greg Brown

Here come the artists with their intense faces,
with their need for money and quiet spaces. 
They leave New York, 
they leave L.A.. 
Here they are - who knows how long they'll stay - 

[chorus:] 

It's a Boomtown 
got another Boomtown 
and it'll boom just as long as boom has room. 

Here come the tourists with their blank stares, 
with their fanny packs - they are penny millionaires. 
Something interesting happened here long time ago. 
Now where people used to live their lives 
the restless come and go. 

[repeat chorus] 

Nice to meet you, nice to see you 
in a sheepskin coat made in Korea. 
Welcome to the new age, the new century. 
Welcome to a town with no real reason to be. 

[repeat chorus] 

The rich build sensitive houses 
and pass their staff around. 
For the rest of us, 
it's trailers on the outskirts of town. 
We carry them their coffee, 
wash their shiny cars, 
hear all about how lucky we are to be living in a ... 

[repeat chorus] 

The guy from California moves in and relaxes. 
The natives have to move - they cannot pay the taxes. 
Santa Fe has had it. Sedona has, too. 
Maybe you'll be lucky - maybe your town will be the new... 

[repeat chorus]

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Boomtown by Greg Brown SONG
on the album The Live One Buy Greg Brown at CD-Baby The Live One	Request this song: Boomtown (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (36 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 3:07 Times played: 107 People hearing: 2561 Times requested: 71 First played: Jul 25th, 2003 Last played: Jul 6th, 2008 Previously played: Jun 23rd, 2008 Song ID#: 41693	Listener rankings: 5 stars=Jim ♦ Phillip ♦ J-Walk ♦ DogNut ♦ Fine-line ♦ Rubber Soul ♦ Hoonah ♦ Denali ♦ Big Daddy Lee ♦ Lil Deb ♦ chinook ♦ Kazookid ♦ Chili ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Dayglow ♦ Kingfisher 4 stars=sparx ♦ Hexaba ♦ Sol® ♦ Kelli ♦ Dean ♦ Artmarcia ♦ jjascob ♦ Bisbonian ♦ Cater ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ a1l3n ♦ Bleau ♦ countrydave ♦ Doctordoug ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Ruben ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Peterdale 3 stars=Beukeboom ♦ Amishlaw