Sittin' On A Gold Mine
Gene Watson

She was drivin' across Nevada

When her Chevrolet broke down

Out in the middle of the dessert

Miles from the nearest town

She spied this little ole' rundown shack

Sittin' on the side of the hill

On the porch was a man and above his head

Was a sign that said The Golden Lil

He was leather tanned and bearded

She couldn't tell just how old

He said come on in, my name's Jake

These dessert nights get cold

He laid out supper and he watched her close

And she ate by the coal oil light

And he said, girl, I bet ya don't know it

But you're sittin' on a gold mine


Girl, you're sittin' on a gold mine

No tellin' what it's worth

Some folks gets to be mighty well off

From just a little dirt

He said, love and gold are the only two things

That can buy a better way of life

And ya may not know it but, girl

You're sittin' on a gold mine


It was two weeks later when a Greyhound bus

Dropped off the needed parts

And in that short time she'd weaved he way

Into the old man's heart

They laughed and joked while they fixed the car

And she packed up for L. A.

And as she drove away from the Golden Lil

She heard old Jake say


Girl, you're sittin' on a gold mine

No tellin' what it's worth

Some folks gets to be mighty well off

From just a little dirt

He said, love and gold are the only two things

That can buy a better way of life

And ya may not know it but, girl

You're sittin' on a gold mine


She got a letter from a lawyer in Vegas

A week ago today

Sayin' old Jake struck the mother lode

Just before he passed away

There was a key to a safety deposit box

And the deed to the Golden Lil

And a note from Jake thankin' her

For the two weeks on the hill


And it said, girl, you're sittin' on a gold mine

No tellin' what it's worth

Some folks gets to be mighty well off

From just a little dirt

He said, love and gold are the only two things

That can buy a better way of life

And ya may not know it but, girl

You're sittin' on a gold mine


It said, you're sittin' on a gold mine

No tellin' what it's worth

Some folks gets to be mighty well off

From just a little dirt

He said, love and gold are the only two things

That can buy a better way of life

And ya may not know it but, girl

You're sittin' on a gold mine


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Lyrics by Gene Watson

  A Foggy Day   A Way To Survive   Ain't No Fun To Be Alone In San Antone   All Hat No Cattle   Almost Like Having You Here   Amazing Grace   Ashes To Ashes   At Last   Atlanta Anymore   Baby Me Baby   Back In The Fire   Bad Water   Because You Believed In Me   Bedroom Ballad   Between This Time And The Next Time   Bottle Of Tears   Carmen   Change Her Mind   Completely Out Of Love   Couldn't Love Have Picked A Better Place To D...   Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All The Time   Don't Waste It On the Blues   Don't Look At Me In (That Tone Of Voice)   Don't Waste It On The Blues   Dreams Of A Dreamer   Drinkin' My Way Back Home   Drinkin' My Way Back Home   Everything I Used To Do   Farewell Party   Fightin' Fire With Fire   For The Memories   Forever Again   Fourteen Carat Mind   From Cotton To Satin   Full Time Fool   Getting Over You Again   Glass Hearts   Got No Reason For Goin' Home   Got No Reason Now For Goin' Home   Growing Apart   Her Body Couldn't Keep You (Off My Mind)   Hold Me   Hold That Thought   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)   I Can’t Help It (if I’m Still In Love ...   I Don't Need A Thing At All   I Don't Think She'd Really Mind At All   I Fell Apart   I Knew We Could Never Love for Long   I NEVER GO AROUND MIRRORS   I Saved Your Place   I Won't Be Sleeping Alone   I'd Love To Live With You Again   If I'm A Fool For Leaving   If I'm A Fool For Leaving   It Don't Hurt Me Half As Bad   John's Back In Town   Jukebox Played Along   Just How Little I Know   Leavin's Been Comin' (For A Long, Long Time)   Little By Little   Lonely Me   Love In The Hot Afternoon   Mama Sold Roses   Maybe I Should Have Been Listening   Memories To Burn   Missing You Just Started Hitting Home   Mood Indigo   My Memories Of You   New Woman   No One Will Ever Know   No Trash In My Trailer   Nothing About Her Reminds Me Of You   Nothing Sure Looked Good On You   Old Loves Never Die   Old Porch Swing   One And One And One   One Hell Of A Heartache   One Sided Conversation   One Sided Conversations   Only Yesterday   Paper Rosie   Pick The Wildwood Flower   Precious Memories   Roads And Other Reasons   Rollin' Home   Rose In The Sand   Shadows On The Wall   She Found The Key   She Has No Memory Of Me   She's No Lady   Shine From The Mountain   Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)   Somethin' 'Bout Being Gone   Sometimes I Get Lucky   Sometimes I Get Lucky And Forget   Somewhere Over You   Speak Softly ( You're Talking To My Heart )   St. Louis Blues   Starting New Memories Today   Take It From Me   Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go   Take Off Them Shoes   That Evil Child   The Girl I Used To Run Around On   The Great Divide   The Heart Of A Clown   The Jukebox Played Along   The Last Thing I Planned To Do Today Was Cheat   The Man An' Me And You   The Old Man And His Horn   The Old Man With A Horn   The Sun Never Comes Up Again   This Dream's On Me   This Torch That I Carry For You   Three   Til Melinda Comes Around   What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her   What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her   When A Fool Learns   Where Love Begins   With Any Luck At All   You Could Know As Much About A Stranger   You Gave Me A Mountain   You Put Out An Old Flame Last Night   You Sure Make Cheatin' Seem Easy   You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Wit...   Your Uncharted Mind

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