i woke up to the setting sun nothin to show for what i had done i became so adrift and estranged from what i once was fore i lost my way i ached for the place where my love resides across the mountains across the river wide as i gazed at that jagged line a heavy burden weighin on my mind and i remember my father sayin he said son be a working man do the best you can and you ll be like gold and love with an honest heart always do your part and you ll be like gold live with pride cause you tried so i rode through those forlorn fields and made my way back on some rusted wheels back to where my true love resides across the mountains across the river wide there stood the house alone on the hill the paint was weathered now it was dark and still a fool i was to be gone so long for i knew now my love was gone he said son be a working man do the best you can and you ll be like gold and love with an honest heart always do your part and you ll be like gold live with pride cause you tried