Dirt Turns to Gold

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus 2]
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

[Verse 3]
So, I took her back home for a long weekend
She'd never seen nothin like County Road ten
I rolled all those windows down
And pointed out my old stomping grounds

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus 3]
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"