Landman

Out in the heart of West Texas where the tumbleweeds roll The land is dry but it's rich with black gold Roughnecks with calloused hands billionaires with suits Digging for a fortune chasing the crude The rigs light up the night like a neon mirage Dreams are struck or shattered in this oil field collage Some pray to heaven some bet it all on the land And in the dust stands the man they call the landman He's the dealmaker handshake undertaker Riding highways signing dreams on paper From ranches to the fields he's laying the claim Where fortunes rise and fall in the oilman's game He walks the line between dirt and demand The king of the wildcatters—the landman The derricks tower high pumping life from the ground Echoes of ambition in the rumbling sound Families sell their legacies for a chance at a share While the rigs keep turning oblivious to despair It's a gamble in the desert a dance with the fire A boom or bust hustle fueled by desire The landman rolls the dice plays the cards in his hand He's the lifeblood of the game in this West Texas land He's the dealmaker handshake undertaker Riding highways signing dreams on paper From ranches to the fields he's laying the claim Where fortunes rise and fall in the oilman's game He walks the line between dirt and demand The king of the wildcatters—the landman But when the wells run dry and the rigs move away Will the ghosts of this boom still haunt the clay? For every man who struck it rich a hundred fell The landman's tales are stories time won't tell He's the dealmaker handshake undertaker Riding highways signing dreams on paper From ranches to the fields he's laying the claim Where fortunes rise and fall in the oilman's game He walks the line between dirt and demand The king of the wildcatters—the landman Out in West Texas where the sun burns the sand There's always a story tied to the land And as long as there's oil they'll play their hand And someone will always call on the landman