Story Behind The Song
Written in one sitting in Denver with a part-time job living in a luxury condo for a week, sleeping all day grateful for a place to gather a little money before moving on. Never finished
Song Description
End of a roadtrip ballad finding the author a long way from home, pretty much alone and ready to go home
| Song Length |
2:39 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Life, General |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Rich Man?s Gold
The rich man?s gold or the poor man?s sole
What is a scale and measures pain
Story told or a dream gone cold
Footsteps leaving in the rain
Chorus
I been busted and I been broke
I was so down I couldn?t joke
But a been too proud to beg and afraid to stay
Seen the mountains and the ocean blue
Had love and a scuffle or two
And it seems I?d taken it all with a grain of sand
A candle light or a fire bright
Sometimes brought me to understand
The secret side etched upon my mind
And the simple things that people will demand
Chorus
I been busted and I been broke
I was so down I couldn?t joke
But a been too proud to beg and afraid to stay
Seen the mountains and the ocean blue
Had love and a scuffle or two
And it seems I?d taken it all with a grain of sand