POT OF GOLD
POT OF GOLD
IT STARTED IN THE EARLY DAYS; THE PROSPECTORS HEADED WEST. IT WAS THE 49 GOLD RUSH THAT WOULD PUT THEM TO THE TEST. IT WAS GOLD RUSH FEVER THAT FED THIER HOPES AND DREAMS. BUT IT WAS ENVY AND GREED THAT FED ALL THIER SCHEMES. CLAIM JUMPERS AND ROBBERS STOLE MANY A MANS’ PLANS. THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED BUT THERE WAS BLOOD ON THIER HANDS. A FEW OF THEM MADE IT, MANY OF THEM DIDN’T. THEY SAID IT WAS JUST FOR THE MONEY THEY WERE IN IT.
DON’T YOU KNOW EVERYONE’S SEARCHING FOR THIER POT OF GOLD. SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG, SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE OLD. SOONER OR LATER EVERYONE GETS THE CALL. SOME FOLKS, THEY NEVER FIND ANY GOLD AT ALL.
THE MODERN AGE SAW THE RISE OF THE STOCK MARKET AND WALL STREET. YOU COULD MAKE YOURSELF A FORTUNE IF YOU COULD JUST STAND THE HEAT. THEY WERE THE WOLVES OF WALL STREET, THERE WERE PREDATORS EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE WERE JUMPING OUT WINDOWS BUT NOBODY SEEMED TO CARE. A FEW ROSE TO THE TOP, THE REST WERE TRAMPLED IN THE DIRT. THE RICH, THEY GOT RICHER AND THE REST OF THEM GOT HURT.
DON’T YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THIER POT OF GOLD. SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG, SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE OLD. SOONER OR LATER EVERYONE GETS THE CALL. SOME FOLKS THEY NEVER FIND ANY GOLD AT ALL.
HOW ABOUT THE INTERNET, IT’S THE WILD, WILD, WEST. IT TAKES SOME TO THE TOP AND DESTROYS ALL THE REST. THE YOUNG ONES DREAM OF RICHES WITHOUT PAYING THE COST. THEY’LL DO ANYTHING FOR ATTENTION TIL THEY FIND THAT THEY’RE LOST. MONEY FOR NOTHING, WELL THAT’S JUST A SONG. YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR DUES IF YOU WANT TO GET ALONG.
DON’T YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THIER POT OF GOLD. SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG, SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE OLD. SOONER OR LATER EVERYONE GETS THE CALL. SOME FOLKS THEY NEVER FIND ANY GOLD AT ALL.
I THINK IT WOLD BE EASIER TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN IN HIS LAIR. YOU COULD HOLD HIM PRISONER, MAYBE TIE HIM TO A CHAIR. TELL HIM FOR HIS POT OF GOLD THAT YOU WOULD LET HIM GO FREE. BUT THIS TOO WAS A FANTASY, IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE. SOME FOLKS I GUESS WERE JUST MEANT TO BE POOR. BUT IF YOU HAVE A FAMILIES LOVE YOU JUST DON’T NEED ANYMORE.
DON’T YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THIER POT OF GOLD. SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG, SOME FIND IT WHEN THEY’RE OLD. SOONER OR LATER EVERYONE GETS THE CALL. BUT SOME FOLKS THEY NEVER FIND ANY GOLD AT ALL.
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