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Gold Rush Goddess

from Gold Rush Goddess by Melody Walker

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Gold Rush Goddess
© 2012 Melody Walker

Come down off that mountain
Come down all you men
But don’t you come knockin’
Without money in your hand
I was born a full-grown woman
With this gold dust in my hair
I’m just shakin’ what God gave me
So feel free to stare

Did you take that gold from my mama’s riverbed?
Did you dynamite the mountain and then leave her for dead?
Did you think that you could keep it and be rich beyond your dreams?
Well, look deep into my eyes boy and give it all to me

Come down off that mountain
Come down and watch me dance
You can love me with your eyes
Just don’t use your hands
I’ll sparkle like pyrite
Flashin’ in your pan
But I ain’t fool enough
To bet my money on no man

Did you take…

Come down off that mountain
You ain’t nobody’s king
You may think you’ve seen it all, boys
But I’ll show you something
Keep watchin’ my body
While I put you in a trance
I’m the goddess of the gold rush
And you don’t stand a chance

Did you take…

Oro yeo
Yeye oro yeo yeye*

(*Yoruba song for Oshún: the goddess of rivers, flirtation and gold.)

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from Gold Rush Goddess, released March 1, 2012

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New duo album from Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman, We Made It Home out now! The download is Pay-What-You-Like, so you can pay $0 or you can pay $100, it's up to you. Thanks so much for supporting real music. :)

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