Only the Heartaches

Lyrics

There's gold in the mountains, gold in the valleys, but only the heartaches are waiting for me I left my hometown one long summer evening Went down to the station to catch me a train Rode west through Missouri and into Wyoming Headed out to California to stake a gold claim I met her at Clancy's the cause of my troubles A woman with beauty for all men to see She fed me rye whiskey and gave me a six gun Said the fools do the digging, smart men work for me There's gold in the mountains, gold in the valleys Gold in the rivers and gold in the sea Fortunes are waiting for men to claim them But only the heartaches are waiting for me She gave me her favors, I gave her my sixgun We cheated most all of the miners in town And those who complained that she dealt from the bottom Were challenged to draw and were quickly shot down But I'm so tired of fighting for love on this woman Notches on my guns are twenty and three So I'm leaving my lover, the cause of my troubles And only the heartaches are waiting for me