Charlie's Gold-Jim Morris

[ti:Charlie's Gold] [ar:Jim Morris] [al:On The Road Too Long] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Charlie's Gold - Jim Morris [00:12.12]Charlie was a dreamer [00:13.29] [00:14.01]I knew him back in school [00:15.94] [00:16.51]And we became good friends along the way [00:19.76] [00:21.77]I went off the college [00:24.00]He went to fight the war [00:25.96] [00:26.69]And I recall the words he used to say [00:29.81] [00:31.21]He said that's the way it happens [00:33.79]There's so much you can't control [00:36.07] [00:36.80]So much to figure out [00:39.19]So much is bought and sold [00:41.22] [00:41.90]But no one's gonna stop me [00:43.92] [00:44.97]I'm getting out of here [00:46.35] [00:47.07]I tell you man I'm going for the gold [00:50.16] [00:52.68]Every now and then [00:53.81] [00:54.55]I'd hear a crazy tale [00:56.46] [00:57.07]About some exotic place where he was seen [01:00.36] [01:02.33]Some folks said he's rich [01:03.96] [01:04.72]Some said he's in jail [01:07.33]But the truth was probably [01:08.69]Somewhere in between [01:10.76] [01:12.07]He said that's the way it happens [01:14.45]There's so much you can't control [01:16.71] [01:17.23]So much to figure out [01:19.29] [01:19.81]So much is bought and sold [01:21.96] [01:22.64]But the ocean's full of treasure [01:24.47] [01:25.03]I'm getting out of here [01:26.70] [01:27.72]I tell you man I'm going for the gold [01:30.78] [01:33.34]Our paths finally crossed [01:34.62] [01:35.22]In a bar down in the Keys [01:37.02] [01:37.82]I shook his hand and offered him a beer [01:40.92] [01:42.82]His face was scarred and thin [01:44.65] [01:45.29]In a quiet voice he said [01:47.17] [01:47.82]I gotta tell you man [01:49.13]They call me John down here [01:51.20] [01:52.52]He said that's the way it happens [01:54.98]There's so much you can't control [01:57.24] [01:57.88]So much to figure out [01:59.74] [02:00.48]So much is bought and sold [02:02.98]But I met these guys from Cuba [02:04.97] [02:05.63]I'm getting out of here [02:07.46] [02:08.37]I tell you man I'm going for the gold [02:11.92] [02:23.76]And that's the way we left it [02:25.24] [02:26.44]The time had been too long [02:27.72] [02:28.57]I said good-bye and never saw him again [02:31.48] [02:33.92]The phone call came one night [02:35.40] [02:36.18]And the voice just simply said [02:37.96] [02:38.57]We found a body in Shark River [02:40.84]And it just might be your friend [02:43.42] [02:44.61]He said that's the way it happens [02:47.16]There's so much you can't control [02:49.41] [02:50.13]So much to figure out [02:51.92] [02:52.59]So much is bought and sold [02:54.51] [02:55.24]But no one's gonna stop me [02:57.40] [02:58.48]I'm getting out of here [02:59.62] [03:00.41]I tell you man I'm going for the gold [03:03.51] [03:05.12]And I wonder if old Charlie found his gold