daddy you re a pilgrim on your own kind of cloud you ve got all the possessions to make a family so proud but a house on a hill ain t everybody s dream all the riches and the pleasures ain t everything no i don t want the goldmine i don t want what you ve got no i don t want the goldmine i just wanna be alright you re the biggest and the brightest and the smartest one around you ve really tried your hardest to show your face in this town but you left the ones you loved to be with someone new and this paper made of green is really making me blue no i don t want the goldmine i don t want what you ve got no i don t want the goldmine i just wanna be alright mama don t want me to fail mama don t want me to end up in jail mama don t want me to turn out like you it turns out sometimes i do but i don t want the goldmine i don t want what you ve got no i don t want the goldmine i just wanna be alright i just wanna be alright i just wanna be alright