Nugget Miner

from Super Hits: Demos (2016-2019) by Matéo Champlain

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Im leavin’ here tomorrow, but please don’t say goodbye, for I’ll be back some day
I’m headin for the frontier, gonna see what I can find, heard they struck some gold up north a ways

Gonna be diggin’ and siftin’
Haulin’ and liftin’
Livin in the woods, tryin’ to find that gold
And once I find that nugget
Gonna get down off this summit
Ride that train, honey right on back to you

Well we tried to make it farmin’, but the dust took that away, lord I had to find another way to live
Then I ran into a friend who said that I could make it rich, minin’ gold in a land that don’t forgive

Gonna be diggin’ and siftin’
Haulin’ and liftin’
Livin in the woods, tryin’ to find that gold
And once I find that nugget
Gonna get down off this summit
Ride that train, honey right on back to you

Men and women from miles around, come to this tiny boom town, try their hand at strikin’ it rich
Some gamble everything they find, from workin’ way down the mine, they just had to scratch that itch
They might never make a dime
But they keep diggin anyway
They know they’re probably wastin’ time, down in that mine diggin’ clay
We’re all just tryna make it pay

Now this livin’ in a pirate tent, is gettin kinda old, I wish that I could be back home with you
But there’s no use in comin back if I can’t find no gold, so I guess I’ll just keep tryna pay my dues

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from Super Hits: Demos (2016-2019), released July 10, 2020
Mateo Amero: Vocals, Lead Guitar, Organ, Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Percussion

Music and Lyrics written by Matéo Amero.

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