Daddy said they ain't makin' no more of it
I said "that's fine with me cause I'm tired of working on it
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
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 hardworking 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 light shine bright at night and the girls are pretty
Oh, 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
Says 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 nothing like county road ten
I rolled all those windows down
Pointed out my old stomping grounds
After supper at Mom and Dad's
Swinging in the swings
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 the porch and watch our children grow"
That's where dirt turns to gold
Yeah, dirt turns to gold
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