Boomtown
Terry Scott Taylor * Track #4 On John Wayne (Orange Grotesques, Part 1)
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Album John Wayne (Orange Grotesques, Part 1)
- #1Writer’s Block
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- #2Mr. Flutter
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- #3Too Many Angels
Terry Scott Taylor
- #4Boomtown
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- #5You Told Them Exactly What I Didn’t Say
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- #6Big Shot And Miniature Girl
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- #7Ten Gallon Hat
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- #8Hey John Wayne
Terry Scott Taylor
- #9Chicken Crosses The Road
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- #10You Lay Down
Terry Scott Taylor
Boomtown by Terry Scott Taylor
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Terry Scott TaylorAbout
Like several other songs on John Wayne, “Boomtown” seems to be a commentary on Terry Taylor’s home: Orange County, California.
A boomtown is a town that grows very quickly, often following the discovery of oil or a precious metal, only to rapidly shrink when the supply evaporates. Orange County is...
Boomtown Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Skeletons are moving underground
There are angels on the sly
God is busy turning a big wheel
'Round and 'round
[Hook 1]
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la la)
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la la)
[Verse 2]
Camels trudge across the desert sand
With their humps of holy water
Looking for a home in the needle's eye
See them fly
[Chorus 1]
We don't cry in Boomtown
We go 'round (in Boomdown)
Live and die in Boomtown
'Round and 'round
[Hook 1]
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la la)
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la la)
[Verse 3]
High rises reflect a gleaming spire
It's another faithless Sunday
God's still busy turning the big wheel
'Round and 'round
[Chorus 2]
But we won't cry in Boomtown
'Round and 'round (in Boomtown)
Live and die in Boomtown
Up and down
[Bridge]
The fire fell here a long time ago
But the glory could not last
We still wear our veils to the dark afterglow
And pray for some shadow of the past
Or a star leading home
Above the Savings and Loan
[Verse 1]
Skeletons are moving underground
Ghosts and angels on the sly
God is busy turning the big wheel
'Round and 'round
[Hook 2]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Hook 1]
(Na na na na na)
(Na na na na na na)
(Na na na na na)
(Na na na na na na)
[Outro]
We won't cry in Boomtown
Live and die in Boomtown
(Camels trudge across the desert sand)
It's another faithless Sunday
(Looking for a home in the needle's eye)
We'll get by
Boomtown Q&A
Who wrote Boomtown's ?
Boomtown was written by Terry Scott Taylor.
Who produced Boomtown's ?
Boomtown was produced by Terry Scott Taylor.
When did Terry Scott Taylor release Boomtown?
Terry Scott Taylor released Boomtown on Sat Jul 04 1998.
What did Terry Scott Taylor say about "Boomtown"?
In a 2019 post to his Patreon subscribers, Taylor explained the origins of “Boomtown”:
In the early 1990s, Orange County CA filed for bankruptcy, thus inspiring the song “Boomtown.” I lived in Corona Del Mar at the time, and while I wasn’t rich myself (by any stretch of the imagination), my family...