Pay Dirt

(album: Angel With A Lariat - 1987)

Folks been digging into the ground
Won't be stopping until it's found
They might dig all the way to China
That would be just fine
You understand what I'm saying
They don't wanna work
They're hoping and a praying for
Pay dirt

Folks are going to the rivers
And sifting in the sand
All they've been finding
Is the lids of tin cans
Of course it doesn't stop 'em
There's big bucks selling junk
Then turn around and buy it
For more than it's worth
They gamble and they vying for
Pay dirt, pay dirt, pay dirt
Pay dirt

Big beans
Oh lucious greens
Make the days of being a slave
They toss away, they scrimp and save
Make poverty a short occur
All I need is pay dirt
Pay dirt

Well, I heard tell that some folks
Won't fall in love
Unless the one they's courting
Got more than enough
Well, nothing gets the heart a going
Faster than a wad of dough
Unless it's the price of
A tease and a flirt
And promises of fistfuls
Pay dirt, pay dirt
Pay dirt