Story Behind The Song
a real predicament in love
Song Description
A metaphoric ride into the search for love, from a woman who's heart cannot be unlocked, compared with searching for the motherlode on the western slope of the Rockies.
| Song Length |
2:43 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Hope, Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Kenny Rogers |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
While roundin? up strays near the Red Bonnet Pass,
found a nugget of gold in the late-August grass.
Left the ranchin? behind, went in search of the gold,
and I knew I was close, but the trail went cold.
Spent my life, chasin? dreams. Now I?m weathered and old.
Given all that I had, in pursuit of the gold--
like your heart, cased in stone, so invincibly stowed--
still in search of your love, and that sweet motherlode.
Like a carrot, rigged-up, just ahead of a mule,
the lure of that gold led me on, like a fool.
I was driven to dig, by a glimmer of light,
but the gold and my hope only vanished from sight.
Spent my life, chasin? dreams. Now I?m weathered and old.
Given all that I had, in pursuit of the gold--
like your heart, cased in stone, so invincibly stowed--
still in search of your love, and that sweet mother lode.
My passion propelled by the gleam in your talk,
behind me?s a pile of meaningless rock.
Ahead is a mountain with gold in its soul.
Can?t stop, so I?ll always be digging that hole.
Spent my life, chasin? dreams. Now I?m weathered and old.
Given all that I had, in pursuit of the gold--
like your heart, cased in stone, so invincibly stowed--
still in search of your love, and that sweet mother lode.