I'll Trade You Money for Wine

Corn in the crib won't turn your dollar green A dollar won't get you high Some days a drop is all a body needs Some day, the bottle drains dry Pockets of change don't drive my worry down Diamonds don't make me shine It's a short life and a long time underground I'll trade you money for wine Well, I've seen this town from a long, black Lincoln, boys Back when copper was king Ten years I stood on the same street corner, boys I never want for a thing Pockets of change don't drive my worry down Diamonds don't make me shine It's a short life and a long time underground I'll trade you money for wine Wild were the nights when I was rolling, boys No hunger unsatisfied Fear was my name in Elko County, boys Now they just walk on by Well, the banker, he spares a quarter for my cup His trouble's deeper than mine That way of life, boys, there ain't gold enough I'll trade you money for wine See how the rain it washes the sulfur dust Off to the wide blue sea Freed from the rock, the copper flies to where No miner ever may see Shallow your cares, in vain your industry So says the wide blue sea I never burden God on your account Don't waste your prayers on me Well, I've seen a man of wealth and family Scrimp 'til his hair's gone grey Laid in the ground just like I'm gonna be He might have drunk it away Pockets of change don't drive my worries down Diamonds don't make me shine It's a short life and a long time underground I'll trade you money for wine