Stayed for the Gold

Their ships sailed in like a breeze on the sea Hopeless and wondering like children in need Came searching for refuge from a king so we're told They came for the freedom Stayed for the Gold This land is our mother This ground is our home The world at our hands Was all we'd ever known We traded our knowledge their hands we did hold They came for the freedom Stayed for the gold Thankful and kind Until they did find There's money to be made in them hills They tried to hide The greed in their eyes For love, that's why they did kill A promise was a promise of another lie told They came for the freedom Stayed for the gold What once was a wonder became living hell With guns still ablaze they sent us down that damned trail It would us all the way to our new home They came for the freedom Stayed for the gold Thankful and kind Until they did find There's money to be made in them hills They tried to hide The greed in their eyes For love, that's why they did kill A promise was a promise of another lie told They came for the freedom Stayed for the gold