Angel Island

A paper bride came all the way from China
Golden Gate San Francisco bay
Spent a lifetime on Angel Island
Waiting for her wedding day

There's a fortune on the golden mountain
Stake a claim in the fall
He left his bride on the Angel Island
She wrote these words upon the wall

One more lifetime
One more lifetime
One more lifetime
Loving you

Working the goldfields on the High Sierras
The early snow began to fall
Buried treasure for his darling
Under redwood trees so tall

Snowed in all winter on the golden mountain
When he returned in the spring
His bride was gone from the Angel Island
No one knew where no one knew where

One more lifetime
One more lifetime
One more lifetime
Loving you

Now he lives a life like a chinese painting
Shadows wash against the sky
Empty brushstrokes for his darling
They never said their last goodbye