Gold!

Lyrics

[PROSPECTOR] Gold! Yeah, bet your little titty, boy! [MAMA] Gold! [PROSPECTOR] Gold! Nuggets this thick! [WILSON & MAMA] Gold! [PROSPECTOR] Gold! Go to Dawson City, boy— It isn't very pretty But it's get rich quick! Found me a mother lode Warn't no trick! Wanna find another lode? Dig in any mountain Pan in any crick! Grab yourself a bucket And a shovel and a pick And with a little bit of luck it Means you... [COMPANY] Get rich quick!... [MAMA, spoken] "Gold rush in the Yukon!" [WILSON, spoken] "Richest strike since Sutter's Mill!" [ADDISON, spoken] Boy, oh, boy, if Papa was alive— [MAMA, spoken] He isn't [WILSON, spoken] Let's go! [ADDISON, spoken] Where? To Alaska? [MAMA, sung] Haven't you been listening? Gold! Sitting there and glistening! Gold just Lying around! Gold dust Glittering and littering the goddamn ground! [ADDISON, spoken] But in Alaska? Way up in Alaska? [WILSON, sung] Oh, come one, Addie The two of us together!— What fun! [ADDISON, spoken] But, what about Mama? We can't just leave her here [MAMA, spoken] Why not?! [WILSON] You and me against the world, Addie You and me against the world! You and me together Weathering the weather Fording the crevasses— [ADDISON] Freezing off our asses— [WILSON] We'll never make our fortune Just by sitting on the porch 'n' Looking wistful When there are nuggets by the fistful... [MAMA] (spoken) Nuggets by the fistful! (sung) Time to leave the nest Time to venture forth [WILSON & MAMA] Can't go further west Might as well go north Where there's all that— [ADDISON, spoken] Cold [WILSON & MAMA] Gold! [ADDISON, spoken] I don't know... [MAMA] "Grab the oppurtunity!" [ADDISON, spoken] How would we even get there? [MAMA] That's what Papa said [ADDISON, spoken] The whole thing might be over by the time— [MAMA] "Grab the oppurtunity And take the road ahead!" [ADDISON, spoken] I don't think he meant any oppor— [MAMA] Never be content with what you are But think of what you can become! [WILSON] (spoken) Listen to Mama. She knows best (sung) Not to grab the chance Wouldn't that be dumb? [MAMA] Papa said to grab And the world's your plum! [WILSON, spoken] Did he? I suppose so, in a way... [MAMA, spoken] Your papa said you'd find your road and here it is [WILSON, spoken] The road to riches! [COMPANY] Gold! [ADDISON, spoken] I'm not sure he was talking about riches, Willie- [COMPANY] Gold! [WILSON, spoken] Not only riches! Enterprise! Adventure! [COMPANY] Gold! Gold! [ADDISON, spoken] Alaska... [COMPANY] Gold! [WILSON, spoken] Come on! I can't go without you. We're a team! [COMAPANY] Gold! [ADDISON, spoken] A team. We would be, wouldn't we? [COMPANY] Gold! Gold! [WILSON, spoken] You bet we would— [ADDISON, spoken] Okay, we'll do it! Me and you! [WILSON, sung] A century's beginning— Gold will make it tick! A century of enterprise For you and me to lick! Papa made it clear The oppurtunity is here And if to be a pioneer Means that you get rich quick So-? [MAMA, (WILSON), ADDISON, COMPANY] A century's beginning Gold will make it tick! A century of enterprise (You and me against) For both of you to lick (The world, Addie!) That's what Papa meant—you're (You and me against) Going off on an adventure (The world!) Just a shovel and a tent, you're (You and me together) A shovel and a tent The century's beginning Off and enetering the century— (Weathering the weather— ) We're off and entering the century— Gold will make it tick! [ADDISON, MAMA & WILSON, COMPANY] You and me (he) Dig in any mountain Against the world, Addie (Willie)! Pan in any crick You and me (he) All you need's a bucket Against the world! And a shovel and a pick You and me (he) together And with a little bit of luck, it Weathering the weather Means you get rich quick! As we're (you're) entering the century of Get rich quick! [ALL] Get Rich Quick! Gold!