[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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On my way out to the gold mines, crossing the western hills
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Me and my little dog Clyde and a horse named Prancing Bill
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I slept under the stars, I heard the coyotes sing
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And the sun was a golden coin shining just for me
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The sun shone just for me
[Verse 2]
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But high up in the mountains, Bill began to foam
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And as I whipped and tugged him, he bucked against his load
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Around a hairpin turn, the wagon tumbled o'er
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And down the jagged rocks, Bill fell with all I owned
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He fell with all I owned
[Verse 3]
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As the sun died out, coyotes began to howl
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Little Clyde's head rose and answered with a growl
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But when I bent to call him, he snapped at me and ran
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And then I was alone in the silent rocks and sand
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The silent rocks and sand
[Verse 4]
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By my fifth day of walking, I was crawling on my knees
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Eating handfuls of dust from between the dying weeds
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I laid down in the dirt as the sun lost her glow
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But I was welcomed in the dark by the song of a hundred toads
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The song of a hundred toads
[Outro]
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The song of a hundred toads
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The song of a hundred toads
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The song of a hundred toads