Dreams Of Gold lyrics

Robert

We always swore we'd stick together

In America - remember that?

Arvid

It was a solemn promise!

Robert

Then I will tell you all about my secret plan

We're heading west to dig for gold in California

Arvid

And you want me to come along

Robert

And when we've dug our fill

we're going home again

to build a mansion where we'll

Live like country squires!

Robert & Arvid

There's no farmhand who's done that before

Arvid

Still and all it's pleasant here,

why be in such a hurry

Robert

Think of all the poor old wretches

that we left behind us

Arvid

They slave all their life for a pittance

They're treated like swine and

they sleep in a sty

Where they scuffle for

crumbs till the day that they die

Robert

No, we mustn't end up as paupers

Robert & Arvid

Our future is in California and waiting

out there is a bright shining mountain of gold

Robert

It knows we are coming

Arvid

Yes, I hear it calling

Robert

The sooner the better

Robert & Arvid

We're on our way!

Karl Oskar

The pitiless fight for survival out there,

Would be fatal for you and your

whims can only lead to disasters

Robert

Don't you see that scratching for gold

will be heaven. For one who has

worked for the wickedest of masters

Karl Oskar

You're too young to make it,

Just eighteen, remember!

Robert

At fourteen - remember!

You knew exactly where you were heading

Karl Oskar

That was back at home, things were different in

Sweden

Robert

No older than fourteen, you seem to be forgetting

Karl Oskar

As a child you went reaching for rainbows,

I see that you still do

Robert

All the rich men out in California piss into

pots made of gold

Karl Oskar

Every word I lie. And so typical of you!

Robert

They all dawdle about night and day; without shame,

so I'm told!

Karl Oskar

So you think you just pick up a

spade and your fortune will be made

Robert

And when I return I'll share it with you fairly

- The brotherly way!

Karl Oskar

Well, you mark my words;

you'll regret your escapade

Robert & Arvid

There is nothing to add

We are leaving whatever you say

• Artist:Kristina från Duvemåla (musical)