"Dirt Turns To God" lyrics

Daddy said, "They ain't makin' no more of it"
I said, "That's fine with me, 'cause I'm tired of working on it
Soon as I can, I'm outta here
I don't love it like you do"
"Son, I know just how you feel
I used to feel the same way too"

'Til I learned dirt turns to gold
You gotta be patient, son, it happens slow
It'll take some blood, sweat, and tears
More than a few hardworking years
I know it's hard to see that far down the road
Oh, but dirt turns to gold

Well, I saved enough to move into that city
Where the lights shine bright at night, and the girls are pretty
Oh, but some nights, I can't sleep a wink
For the sirens and the horns
And I miss crickets and whippoorwills
And the peaceful sounds of home

Now I know dirt turns to gold
I washed it off, but it stayed down in my soul
And there's this girl I met, says she'd like to see
The place that means so much to me
She wants to feel that feeling that I know
Back where dirt turns to gold

So I took her back home for a long weekend
She'd never seen nothing like County Road Ten
I rolled all those windows down
Pointed out my old stomping grounds
After supper at Mom and Dad's
Swinging in the swing, hand in hand
Watching the sun sinking out of sight
She said, "I could get used to this life"

Out where dirt turns to gold
On a piece of heaven down some country road
There's space out here for us to breathe
To build a home and plant some seeds
Sit on the porch and watch our children grow
That's where dirt turns to gold
Yeah, dirt turns to gold