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Oil Money

by Owen Stroud

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Lyrics and music written by Owen Stroud.

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oil money grew a garden in the desert
oil money raised these towers to the sky
oil money bought the town all kinds of pleasure
oil money lit up the night on the fourth, the fourth of july

oil money gonna get this old town booming
oil money gonna buy all these motor homes
oil money gonna keep the churches all in business
oil money gonna pay back everybody’s loans

oil money, runnin’ down them pipelines
oil money, flowin’ up beneath this hill
oil money, it came to bring division
and keep us out of the will

but oil money never wrote a name in the family Bible
oil money never laid a flower on the grave
oil money never taught a man to love his rival
oil money never raised a child strong and brave

oil money runnin’ down them pipelines
oil money flowin’ up neath this hill
oil money it’s brother ‘gainst a brother
and keep us out of the will

now Mama saved and bought an old typewriter
Aunt Ruth married a man from Wichita
the family left that shack down on the Brazos
where uncle James was hiding from the law

and I can’t say that their life got too much better
least not in the way the preacher said it should
they laid their caskets down that hole in silence
just another forgotten name in old Greenwood 

oil money runnin’ down them pipelines
oil money flowin’ up neath this hill
oil money it’s a brother gainst a brother
in a battle for the will

oil money, on its way to Houston
oil money, just as fast as they can drill
oil money, it came to bring division
and keep us all out of the will

but oil money never put a name in the family Bible
oil money never laid a flower on the grave
oil money never taught a man to love his rival
oil money never raised a child strong and brave

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released July 31, 2017
Owen Stroud: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard
Andrew Camp: electric guitar, bass, drums
David Currey: pedal steel guitar

Recorded and mastered by Andrew Camp in Columbia, Missouri. January-March 2017.

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Owen Stroud is a folksinger from Texas.

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