…as the clay, dark as a mine,
Wasting away blood, sweat, and grime
Panning for gold, picking for dimes, lying in wait for better times…
…and cold
Cold as the clay, dark as the mine,
Wasting away, blood, sweat and grime,
Panning for gold, picking for dimes, lying…
…
But the lingering feature is a grim attitude
Cold as the clay, dark as the mine,
Wasting away, blood, sweat and grime,
Panning for gold, picking for dimes, lying in wait for better times…
…to the good times we had
Riding herd through sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We've did everything in the book I guess…
…sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We've did everything in the book I guess
And a lot that they never thought up
Oh Jim…
…of the things you never
Seem to find
And the ones that will never be
Around in time
It's only dirt when you're panning for gold
Let…
…go of the things that never seem
To shine
Youngblood, you missed it by a second
This time.
It's only dirt when you're panning for gold…
…to the times that we had
Riding herd through sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We did everything in the books I guess…
…through sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We did everything in the books I guess
And a lot that they never thought up…
…the sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We did everything in the books, I guess
And a lot that they never thought up…
…the sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We've did everything in the book I guess
And a lot that they never thought up
Oh Jim…
I saw God by the river
Panning for gold
I saw God by the river
Weary and old
He said,
"Son, I used to know where I put things, I…
…we was panning for gold
Down at the banks of mighty Colorado
When all of a sudden came an awful sound
Ten thousand buffalo were…
…the only sure thing's his next meal
Johnny reached San Francisco tired and broke without a dime
Started panning for gold just…
…panning for gold
And you can find it for a price
And love always promised us to last forever
But sometimes it just don't work out…
…dream to the coast, seeking fortune and fame
And I've been panning for gold but it ain't come up yet
It takes time to blow so I don't…
Hey, you
You were second to none
But time has stolen your crown
Can you
Remember panning for gold
(But) Your star has waned…
…the block that doesn't exist
Now I'm in the cat box panning for gold
At least in cat years I'm four years old
The dream I had last night I'll have again
Not knowing what it means to dream of a life
I'd never want to begin…
In gambling cities
So many miners I've seen
Putting all their money down
And panning for gold
Fools with impossible dreams
No, I won't blame…
…]
Panning for gold
In river beds
Don't feed the birds
My mother said
And in the dunes
Where lovers meet
We'd wake dead
My cousin screams…
I might have wound up in L.A. panning for gold
Found me a woman to warm up with when the water got cold
But I heard…