Words and music by bob seger



Southern sun

Ridin' high

Winter nights

Warm and dry

You've earned your space buddy

You've done your time

How come you've got no

Peace of mind



Lots of work

Everywhere

Lots of money honey

Gettin' your share

The folks back home say

They'd love to be in your shoes so

How come you've got those

Boomtown blues



You can't miss that freezin' rain

You'd have to be insane

To head back north

And go through all that again



No chill in the air

No morning dew

No change of seasons

The sky always seems so blue

The earth ain't black and

The wind ain't cold

All of a sudden now

You feel so old



Somethin's wrong

And it's cuttin' deep

You're feelin' restless and it's

Hard to sleep

Look what you win but

Look what you lose

Stuck here in heaven

With these boomtown blues