Uranium Fever Lyrics - Singles - Elton Britt

Well, I don't know, but I've been told 

Uranium ore's worth more than gold 

Sold my Cad', I bought me a Jeep 

I've got that bug and I can't sleep 

Refrain: Uranium fever has done and got me down 

Uranium fever is spreadin' all around 

With a Geiger counter in my hand 

I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land 

Uranium fever has done and got me down 

Well I had talk with the AEC* 

And they brought out some maps that looked good to me 

And one showed me a spot that he said he knowed 

So I straddled my Jeep and headed down the road 

I reckon I drove about 100 miles 

Down a bumpy road out through the wilds 

When all of sudden I bounced to a stop 

At the foot of a mountain, didn't have no top 

Refrain 

Well I took my Geiger and I started to climb 

Right up to the top where I thought I'd find 

A hunk of rock that would make it click 

Just like I'd read about Vernon Pick 

On the second day, I made the top 

And I'm tellin' you, Steve, I was ready to stop 

The only clickin' that I heard that day 

Was the bones in my back that had gone astray 

Refrain 

Well, you pack up your things 

You head out again 

Into some unknown spot where nobody's been 

You reach the spot where your fortune lies 

You find it's been staked by 17 other guys 

Well, I ain't kiddin', I ain't gonna quit 

That bug's done caught me and I've been bit 

So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand 

I'll keep right on stakin' that government land 

Refrain