There's oil in the water oil in the sand
Oil in the marshes rolling up on dry land
Oil in our veins in every breath we take
But we gotta go back but we gotta go back
To the Cold Firey Lake

Went searching for her a long time ago
She seemed the answer to my prayers
Fanning the flames of the fire down below
She took me every where
From ocean's deep to Heaven's horizon
She made a broke man rich
With a politician's promise a salesman's grin
and a heart as black as pitch

Now there's oil in the water oil in the sand
Oil in the marshes rolling up on dry land
Oil in our veins in every breath we take
But we gotta go back but we gotta go back
To the Cold Firey Lake

I know I've got to leave her I've got to get away
But there's no place else for me to go
I've been staring at the sun twisting in the wind
Shuffling cards of smoke
Now there's an atom's chance I might get away
But things will have to cool down
So now she's digging deeper to get me to stay
As I bow before her blackened crown

So there's oil in the water oil in the sand
Oil in the marshes rolling up on dry land
Oil in our veins in every breath we take
But we gotta go back but we gotta go back
To the Cold Firey Lake