Golden Dreams

Lyrics

[Verse]
Left my home in Carolina
Chasing dreams of golden light
Packed my bag
Hit the road
Through the cold and lonely night
Out to California
Where the rivers sparkle bright
Hoping gold would fill my pockets
Make my weary heart feel right

[Verse]
Saw them mountains rising
Like giants in the sky
Crossed those dusty deserts
Under a burning
Endless night
Met a miner in the valley
Said his soul was nearly spent
Told me gold's a cruel mistress
Leaves you with nothing to repent

[Chorus]
Golden dreams
They shimmer
Like a fool's hope in the sun
From sunrise to sundown
Still the battle's never won
Searching for that treasure
In the rivers' winding bend
But it's the journey
Not the fortune
Where the soul's mended
My friend

[Verse]
Found a claim by the river
Staked my life on rocks and stones
Digging through the earth’s old bones
Amidst sighs and forlorn groans
Every nugget that I gathered
Felt like a piece of my soul
But in the twilight
Under stars
Realized it wasn't gold

[Bridge]
It's the friends and firesides
That lighten up the night
It's the tales from old men’s lips
Setting weary hearts alight
Not the gold that fills your dreams
Nor the glitter in the stream
But the love
The loss
The laughter
That make life more than it seems

[Chorus]
Golden dreams
They shimmer
Like a fool's hope in the sun
From sunrise to sundown
Still the battle's never won
Searching for that treasure
In the rivers' winding bend
But it's the journey
Not the fortune
Where the soul's mended
My friend