Bodie

In the hills a hundred miles south of Reno
Where the sage sighs and moans when the wind blows
There’s a town that I hear tell was founded in the depths of hell
And this godforsaken place’s name is Bodie

There is gold beneath the hills around this city
And the man who finds his share is sitting pretty
But if her winter doesn’t kill, then her bad men surely will
That’s the way it’s bound to end up there in Bodie

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I see riches fit for kings in my dreams now
But I am doomed to pay the price is how it seems now
Oh it’s much too late to pray for I am on on my way
Goodbye God, I am going to Bodie

Through the dark and dusty streets, they go walking
If you listen closely you can hear them talking
It’s a low and dreadful sound, it’s heard all over town
It’s the ghosts of all the men who died in Bodie

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So it is fare thee well my darling, how I love you
And I swear by all the stars that are above you
If I make it back again, I will marry you and then
Never more to set a foot inside of Bodie

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