Lyrics Boomtown - Greg Brown

Boomtown

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 —
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
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
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 …
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…