Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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We were heading on home,
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Down an old gravel road,
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way out in the country
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When all of a sudden, off like a shot
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Verse 2
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Chasing after that hound and
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edge of a deep ravine
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As I crawled up the bank,
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cold and soaked to the bone
A glint caught my eye from
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Something was buried there,
alongside the stream
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Verse 3
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But buried under the earth,
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I saw a corner exposed
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No, there wasn't a map or a note or a key
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It was clearly forgotten, just waiting for me
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Like I was supposed to find it there,
Interlude 1
right under my nose
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Verse 4
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It had laid there for years, deep in the dirt
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So I dug it out and wiped
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citedly peered inside
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And what I saw was a sight
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to behold
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My eyes bugged out,
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it was enough to make a grown man cry
Verse 5
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Big golden bricks with a shimmery sheen
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to a poor boy like me
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And right then and there I knew what
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I had to do
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So with a smile, I sold what little I had
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I gave my pots and my pans
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And then I bought that field 'cause it was my dream
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Verse 6
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And I never questioned the
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choice I happily made
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I said I need that field,
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You might call it foolish, but I'd call it faith
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Trusting in God so gladly,
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you can't hardly wait
Verse 7
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not under the ground
'Cause betting the farm
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To carefully keep such a beautiful gift
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That's yours forever,
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it's a pretty good deal
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Verse 8
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other's your soul
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Verse 9
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Your heart's with your treasure,
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And trust me, when you dig,
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a treasure will be revealed
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And you never know what could be buried in the middle of a field
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