Dirt Turns to Gold

Daddy said, "They ain't making no more of it" I said, "That's fine with me, 'cause I'm tired of working on it As soon as I can, I'm outta here, I don't love it like you do" Son, I know just how you feel, I used to feel the same way too 'Til 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-working years I know it's hard to see that far down the road Oh, 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 whip-poor-wills 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, said she'd like to see The place that means so much to me She wants to feel that feeling 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 10 I rolled all those windows down And pointed out my old stomping grounds After supper at mom and dad's Swinging in the swing hand-in-hand Watching the sun sinking 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 a porch and watch our children grow That's where dirt turns to gold Yeah, dirt turns to gold