Contention city what a pity the town dried up and blew away It came in like a boom till there ain’t no room Then curled up and withered away Gotta Live for today don’t let it get away life will you leave without a notice tomorrow may never come Till they bang on the drum as we leave old contention city behind us the town like dust will ride on a gust only crickets will be able find it The rails are long gone. As so are the songs As we leave our memory’s along side it dig those mines dig them so deep the ground may rattle and the timbers might creak a good man might be left down below if almighty god don’t lighten his load on western plains men chased those veins and the towns boomed behind them the race was on there belt was drawn and they left there morals behind them dig those mines dig them so deep the ground may rattle and the timbers might creak a good man might be left down below if almighty god don’t lighten his load Gotta Live for today don’t let it get away life will you leave without a notice tomorrow may never come Till they bang on the drum as we leave old contention city behind us Gotta Live for today don’t let it get away life will you leave without a notice tomorrow may never come Till they bang on the drum as we leave old contention city behind us we”ll get on a train to yuma prosperity on the rail line ahead. We survived our days in the desert on a feather bed I’ll rest my head
