[intro]
[verse]
When I was a kid in the mountains so high
Far from the city beneath the blue sky
I studied by lamp light when others had none
Borders between lands where my life had begun
[verse]
When I grew up in the land of the free
I worked night and day just to chase my dream
Buying oil fields I never once knew
How deep those old memories would carry me through
[pre-chorus]
Now I look back and it all becomes clear
The flame of that lamp still burns bright right here
[chorus]
Oil and gas running deep in my veins
Fueling the fire that keeps me in chains
From the mountains to the USA
I’m the one who owns the oil today
[verse]
Other kids struggled they had no light
But I kept on burning so fierce and bright
Now the wells that I own stretch far and wide
A childhood dream I could never hide
[pre-chorus]
Now I look back and it all becomes clear
The flame of that lamp still burns bright right here
[chorus]
Oil and gas running deep in my veins
Fueling the fire that keeps me in chains
From the mountains to the USA
I’m the one who owns the oil today
[outro]