PANNING GOLD (Joey Molland)
[from Basil (demos old and new) CD - recorded 1982 - released U.S. 1998]

I remember how it started
On the streets where I was born
Took a chance on what you told me
And what the future held in store

It was easy to believe in
It was hard to realize
It was heroes in the mirror
And it was villains on the side

But something inside kept on burning
Something outside, watch the road
And all the time I was learning
Panning gold, panning gold

There were good times, there were bad times
There were sometimes with no luck at all
And it was hard, man, and it got easy
Gettin' high, man, taking falls

But something inside kept on burning
Something outside, watch the road
And all the time I was learning
Panning gold, yeah gold

Something inside kept on burning
Something outside, watch the road
And all the time I was learning
Panning gold, panning gold, panning gold...

℗ Joekat Music (ASCAP)