Life is heavy, so heavy Like a weight on your shoulders And it comes at you hard and fast Like a steamroller So, you dig in your boots, dirty boots. Like a blue-collar soldier 'Cause you know if you don't, it'll run you Run you right over Love is a friend 'til it falls For another Then it feels like a knife in your back From your brother And hope is the blanket that you keep Undercover But you cling to it hard, like a child. To its mother To its mother I don't know a lot But I've learned a little somethin' You make your luck When you see the rain comin' And faith is the one thing You better start trustin' 'Cause all the silver and gold add up to nothin' Well, I had a girl, good girl The kind a boy should treasure Easy on my heart, easy on my mind Had a good thing together Well, I wanted more, little more So, I went searchin' Ended up with nothing but a lonely heart And a whole lotta hurtin' Just a whole lotta hurtin' I don't know a lot But I've learned a little somethin' You make your luck When you see the rain comin' And faith is the one thing You better start trustin' 'Cause all the silver and gold add up to nothin' Well, I chased fame, and I chased fortune With this old guitar And good whiskey knows I tasted both In every honky tonk, in every cowboy bar Well, I looked around, and all I found I was stranded Holdin' the bag, greenbacks But empty-handed, just empty-handed I don't know a lot But I've learned a little somethin' You make your luck When you see the rain comin' And faith is the one thing You better start trustin' 'Cause all the silver and gold add up to nothin' All the silver and gold All the silver and gold