Daddy said, "They ain't makin' no more of it" I said, "That's fine with me, 'cause I'm tired of working on it 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"
'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 hardworking years I know it's hard to see that far down the road Oh, but dirt turns to gold
Well, I saved enough to move into that city Where the lights shine bright at night, and the girls are pretty Oh, 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
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, says 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
So I took her back home for a long weekend She'd never seen nothing like County Road Ten I rolled all those windows down Pointed out my old stomping grounds After supper at Mom and Dad's Swinging in the swings, hand in hand Watching the sun sinking out of sight She said, "I could get used to this life"
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 the porch and watch our children grow That's where dirt turns to gold