Ely Joe Silver City Lyrics

Silver City Lyrics

One day I went and left my home out in the West



Said I was headed for the Silver City



All along the line I was dreaming all the time



Dreaming of the shining Silver City







I kissed my love goodbye, said "Honey don't you cry"



For I'm going to the Silver City



If you could read my mind you'd know that I'll be fine



Soon as I do my time in the Silver City







Two weeks and a day I slowly made my way



To the gates of the Silver City



Finally one night I saw the flaming lights



I had made it to the Silver City







I honestly believed that I would be received



With the golden key to the Silver City



But my first night on the town, bandits knocked me down



They welcomed me to the Silver City







Musta been a freak mistake I said as I did wake



In the gutter of the Silver City



With a throbbing head I begged for my bread



Half-smiling as I bled in the Silver City







Oh, how can there ever be such misery in the streets



How can it ever be in the Silver City?



But soon enough I saw how easy it was to fall



And not be seen at all in the Silver City







Got caught for a crime I done; Policeman said "Son."



"Don't you try to run in the Silver City"



He locked me in his jail. No one to go my bail.



Oh when can I sail away fron the Silver City?







Now the moon crys through the bars; my love shines in the stars



I'm glad that she is far from the Silver City



If she could read my mind she'd know that I'll be fine



Soon as I do my time in the Silver City



(Judge said five to nine in the Silver City)