Dirt Turns to Gold

Daddy said they ain't makin' no more of it

I said that's fine with me 'cause I'm tired of workin' on it

As soon as I can, I'm outta here, I don't love it like you do

"Well, son, I know just how you feel, I used to feel the same way too

Till I learned

Dirt turns to gold

You gotta be patient, son, it happens slow

It'll take some blood, sweat and tears

More than a few hard workin' years

I know it's hard to see that far down the road

Aw, but dirt turns to gold"

Well, I saved enough to move into that city

Where the lights shine bright at night and the girls are pretty

Aw, but some nights, I can't sleep a wink for the sirens and the horns

And I miss crickets and whippoorwills and the peaceful sounds of home

Now I know

Dirt turns to gold

I washed it off but it stayed down in my soul

And there's this girl I met says she'd like to see

The place that means so much to me

She wants to feel that feelin' that I know

Back where dirt turns to gold

So I took her back home for a long weekend

She'd never seen nothin' like County Road Ten

I rolled all those windows down

And pointed out my 'ol stompin' grounds

After supper at Mom and Dad's

Swingin' in the swing, hand in hand

Watchin' the sun sinkin' out of sight

She said, "I could get used to this life

Out where

Dirt turns to gold

On a piece of heaven down some country road

There's space out here for us to breathe

To build a home and plant some seeds

Sit on the porch and watch our children grow

That's where dirt turns to gold"

Yeah, dirt turns to gold