Daddy said they ain't making no more of it 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 Till I learnt dirt turns to gold You gotta be patient son it happens slow It'll take some blood, sweat and tears More than a few hard working years I know it's hard to see that far down the road Oh but dirt turns to gold Will I save enough to move into that city Where the lights shine bright at night and the girls are pretty Aw but some nights I can't sleep a wink, all the sirens and the horns And I miss crickets, whippoorwills and the peaceful sounds of home I know dirt turns to gold I washed it off but it stayed down in my soul And there's this girl I met said 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 And pointed out my old stomping grounds And after supper at mom and dad's Swinging in the swing, hand in hand Watching the Sun sinking out of sight She said I could get used to this light Out where dirt turns to gold Aw a piece of heaven down some country road There's space out here for us to breathe Build a home and plant some seeds Sit on the porch and watch our children grow That's where dirt turns to gold Yeah, dirt turns to gold