Title: South America
Words & Music by: Rick Denzien
 

Digging here all day digging for the mother load
10,000 pounds of dirt just searching for a grain of gold
Come here as a young man seeking the world’s wealth
I could die here as an old man poor and in ill health

Gold in the mountain – gold in the mountain
Running for the gold – run until you’re old
South America – South America – South America

Amazon sky jungle makes a play for the soul
With twenty trips a day the mining takes it’s toll
Danger on the ladder mud sticks to the skin
You can eat the beans and rice yet the body stays so thin

Gold in the mountain – gold in the mountain
Running for the gold – run until you’re old
South America – South America – South America

Free from all harm – flee till it’s over
Flee from all harm – tonight
Flee from all harm - flee from the enemy
Free from all harm – tonight – yeah tonight yeah

Man they drink on payday women are rich in the town
Man they want to go home the rains just come down
In the rain they sleep and see the ones they miss
Only lucky ones are not reduced to this

Gold in the mountain – gold in the mountain
Running for the gold – run until you’re old
South America – South America – South America
 

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