calico silver

no rain and the weather got warm

broke down and i sold my farm

headed for the silver strike

i took my wife

calico silver gave us life

you could hear the miners sing

when they made their hammers ring

you could hear them singing out

oh

when they found calico silver underground

pave the streets with silver

let the wagons roll

don't those mountains look just like calico

fifteen years down in the mines

i watched the silver shine

listened to the big wheels churn

they were turned by calico silver that we earned

days were short

and the laughter was long

nails in the pine were strong

we thought nothing could go wrong

not counting on

calico silver to be gone

pave the streets with silver

let the wagons roll

don't those mountains look just like calico

no ore in the richest mine

railroad closed down the line

nail up your windows and your doors

close the stores

calico silver is no more

got my wagon ready to go

been a hundred years and more

since we hitched up our team

and it seems calico silver was a dream