"Thank You Now" lyrics
He was finding honest work
Till the government got word
That the California dirt was made of gold
Not a notion sounded better
Than getting rich beyond all measure
So he set off for some treasure of his own
On the way he met a stranger
Who took him part way as a favor
Told him, "You can thank me later for the ride"
But it got the man a thinking
Just before he went to leaving
That they'd never meet again if things went right
So he gave that kindly stranger this goodbye
I better thank you now, I better thank you now
It seems to be the kind of thing that I forget about
A couple thousand miles till I can finally turn around
And if I'm never back again, I better thank you now, oh my
I better thank you now
The wind was hot, the sun was scorching
As he followed fame and fortune
In a land that felt so foreign from his own
And at a fork he met a lady
Sitting cool beneath a shade tree
And he asked her for the way that he should go
She stood and smiled and showed him down the road
Before he had to leave he let her know
I better thank you now, I better thank you now
It seems to be the kind of thing that I forget about
A couple thousand miles till I can finally turn around
And if I'm never back again, I better thank you now, oh my
I better thank you now
Well the sun was nearly setting
And he shoulda gone already
Suddenly his boots felt heavy as the day
So they sat and talked for hours
Till the dew shown on the flowers
And he realized somehow he had to stay
So they met under the tree
As many days made many weeks
Till he tried to speak the words inside his head
"If I found a golden city
And all the treasure I took with me
Left me richer than the living and the dead
Oh I'd trade it for a day with you instead"
She smiled at him and this is what she said
You better thank me now, you better thank me now
It seems to be the kind of thing that you forget about
I'll love you till the sun meets with the moon and flickers out
For putting up with you till then, you better thank me now, oh my
You better thank me now
Till the government got word
That the California dirt was made of gold
Not a notion sounded better
Than getting rich beyond all measure
So he set off for some treasure of his own
On the way he met a stranger
Who took him part way as a favor
Told him, "You can thank me later for the ride"
But it got the man a thinking
Just before he went to leaving
That they'd never meet again if things went right
So he gave that kindly stranger this goodbye
I better thank you now, I better thank you now
It seems to be the kind of thing that I forget about
A couple thousand miles till I can finally turn around
And if I'm never back again, I better thank you now, oh my
I better thank you now
The wind was hot, the sun was scorching
As he followed fame and fortune
In a land that felt so foreign from his own
And at a fork he met a lady
Sitting cool beneath a shade tree
And he asked her for the way that he should go
She stood and smiled and showed him down the road
Before he had to leave he let her know
I better thank you now, I better thank you now
It seems to be the kind of thing that I forget about
A couple thousand miles till I can finally turn around
And if I'm never back again, I better thank you now, oh my
I better thank you now
Well the sun was nearly setting
And he shoulda gone already
Suddenly his boots felt heavy as the day
So they sat and talked for hours
Till the dew shown on the flowers
And he realized somehow he had to stay
So they met under the tree
As many days made many weeks
Till he tried to speak the words inside his head
"If I found a golden city
And all the treasure I took with me
Left me richer than the living and the dead
Oh I'd trade it for a day with you instead"
She smiled at him and this is what she said
You better thank me now, you better thank me now
It seems to be the kind of thing that you forget about
I'll love you till the sun meets with the moon and flickers out
For putting up with you till then, you better thank me now, oh my
You better thank me now
