Gold Fever

Gold Fever (Keith Reid / John Waite / John Golub)

Released August 2008 on the album The Common Thread by The Keith Reid Project
 

He was living on a high-end street
An' struggling for the rent
His girl had pawned her jewellery
The money all but spent
He had a script in turn around
That needed one last spin
They wanted someone bankable
And it just wasn't him

There's something in the air out here
That makes you lose your soul
You can find a lot of fever
But you won't find too much gold
Just gold fever

And the longer that you stay out here
The crazier it gets
An' you used to know just why you came
Now it's easier, much easier to forget

He had a job in eighty-six
Before the boom went splash
He traded in securities
An' made a pile of cash
He needed opportunities
An' tried a faster track
Bought himself a silver spoon
And never once looked back

There's something in the air out here
That makes you lose control
There's an awful lot of fever
But you won't find too much gold
There's an awful lot of fever
But you won't find too much gold