I was watching The Gold Rush
sitting in a restaurant
There was no place to go to where I could stay
I was walking the street in 95 degree heat
In the middle of summer snow seemed so far away

It wasn't a fight
not in a normal way
Not a blow was thrown by either you or me
There was a smile on your face as I was leaving that day
And all you had stolen was somebody's dignity

As I'm lying here beaten and broken
A little light shining I can see
through the poison of the words you've spoken
I appreciate your honesty
I appreciate your honesty

I didn't know you so well
or how you played the saxophone
but I tried hard to stay out of your way
I couldn't be so polite
as to be wielding a knife
made up of words that I was afraid to say

As I'm lying here beaten and broken
A little light shining I can see
through the poison of the words you've spoken
I appreciate your honesty
I appreciate your honesty

Only a fool you say
could hold a grudge for long
Let bygones be bygones you've always said
and when I come back you won't mind seeing me
Just to bury the hatchet
in the back of my head

As I'm lying here beaten and broken
A little light shining I can see
through the poison of the words you've spoken
I appreciate your honesty
I appreciate your honesty

I was watching the Gold Rush
go by

WORDS AND MUSIC BY COLIN LINDEN