A "Dry County" is a county that prohibits alcohol, but in the context of this song, it's a county that was rich with oil, but the wells have dried up. Like many of fellow New Jersey music icon Bruce Springsteen's songs, this tells the story of someone trapped in a run-down town, yearning for a better life.
This is the longest Bon Jovi song - it runs 9:52. A shorter 6-minute version was released as a single in the UK peaking at #9.
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