I was five years old and never been out of sight of Grandpa's farm

I had never ever spent one night to far from Granma's arms

I remember talk about a promised land and how we'd find that California gold

I remember stare'n through the headlights and the dust on an old dirt Okie road

I learned a long time ago, there's no road leadin' back to that old farm

And though I searched most of my life, I never found that promised land of ours

I am here to tell the world, that there ain't no California gold

I feel like I'm stare'n through the headlights and the dust on an old dirt Okie road

Chorus: Stare'n through the headlights and the dust on an old dirt Okie road

Wonder'n where it's gonna take me, wonder'n how far does this road go

You can see it in my eyes, Lord I know sometimes it still shows

I feel like I'm stare'n through the headlights and the dust on an old dirt Okie road

Bridge: I've climbed so many mountains, made so many turns

Though the dream in me is all but gone, the memories still burn

And I'm stand'n live'n proof, that there is no California gold

I feel like I'm stare'n through the headlights and the dust on an old dirt Okie road

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