Sad Eyed Joe Lyrics - Mungo Jerry

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Let me tell you about a story, about a man named Joe 

His family they was hungry, so he said I'm gonna go 

Go up in the mountains, start looking for some gold 

So he started out one morning, the wind was getting cold 

The air was nearly freezing, it was ten degrees below 

Chorus: 

Sad eyed Joe, why did you go, 

Your family's gonna miss you, they want you back at home 

Think about the winter, think about the snow 

Think about the things that you're gonna leave behind 

When your looking for the gold dust that you're never gonna find 

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He wakes up every morning, after only five hours sleep 

Chewing on a tasteless piece of gristly worn out meat 

His coffee runout weeks ago he won't admit defeat 

Panning on the water searching with his hands 

Looking for the yellow dust but all he find is sand 

Chorus 

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They searched fro him every day for one whole solid week 

They found him lying frozen at the bottom of the creek 

A bag of yellow gold dust between his icy feet 

His collar it was turned up frozen to his jaw 

Sad eyed Joe looked sadder than he ever looked before 

Chorus