Dreams Of The San Joaquin

Album: We Ran (1998)
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  • I'm sending you some money
    I wish it could be more
    But it's harder than I thought
    To find the work I came here for
    This place is just as pretty
    As I pictured it to be
    But a man in need of work's
    An all too common sight to see
    Each morning as the trucks roll in
    A lucky few climb on
    And the rest of us are left to wonder
    Where the dream has gone
    Where the dream has gone
    They say the Sierra melts with the rain
    To race through the valley like blood through the vein
    Turning the lowland from golden to green
    To harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin
    Every day I struggle
    With the distance and the fear
    That I will not return
    Or find a way to bring you here
    My emptiness grows deeper
    I feel my spirit fall
    As night comes like a blanket
    It brings no sleep at all
    I only hope that time will find
    A way to work things out
    We will be together
    In the life we dream about
    Life we dream about
    They say the Sierra melts with the rain
    To race through the valley like blood through the vein
    Turning the lowland from golden to green
    To harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin
    We'll harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin Writer/s: Jack Wesley Routh, Randy L Sharp
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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