Virginia Town

[00:08.16] When I was in Virginia Town, in an old abandoned mine
[00:12.95] I met a man of some renown, a ghost from another time
[00:17.76] He told me how it felt to be a miner in the line
[00:22.62] To swing that pick and make that strike
[00:25.06] And see that silver shine
[00:27.34] (To swing that pick and make that strike
[00:29.73] And see that silver shine, ooh ooh)
[00:36.25] He made the west live again for me
[00:38.31] As a story he did unfold
[00:40.81] Of the vast wild life that used to be
[00:43.22] In the land of silver and gold
[00:45.63] When the silver dollar jumped at night
[00:48.34] With sweat and satin and grime
[00:50.70] And the bucket of blood had a roundhouse fight
[00:53.08] And drinks were a nugget or a dime
[00:55.78] When I was in Virginia Town
[00:57.96] I heard the story go
[01:00.21] Of the vast wild life that used to be
[01:02.74] In the land of silver and gold
[01:05.25] Now they're lying in their graves
[01:07.96] The weeds grow all around
[01:10.50] High up on a windswept hill, not too far from town
[01:15.68] From A-street to D-street where Julia and the girls would play
[01:20.51] The empty houses gaped their past, with echoes of yesterday
[01:25.59] The gay and rockish shouts are gone
[01:28.37] The iron has turned to rust
[01:30.75] But the wind plays tricks upon my ears
[01:33.40] As it blows through streets of dust
[01:35.89] Sometimes I think I hear them still
[01:38.74] The soft rustle of a gown
[01:40.81] And phantom hoofbeats on the windswept hill, not too far from town
[01:45.87] When I was in Virginia Town
[01:48.59] I heard the story go
[01:50.78] Of the vast wild life that used to be
[01:53.29] In the land of silver and gold (land of silver and gold)
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