Dreams Of The San Joaquin Lyrics - Linda Ronstadt

written by Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp 

© Ten-Cal Music/ Longitude Music (BMI) 

I'm sending you some money 

I wish it could be more 

But it's harder than I thought 

To find the work I came here for 

This place is just as pretty 

As I pictured it to be 

But a man in need of work's 

An all too common sight to see 

Each morning as the trucks roll in 

A lucky few climb on 

And the rest of us are left to wonder 

Where the dream has gone 

Where the dream has gone 

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They say the Sierra melts with the rain 

To race through the valley like blood through the vein 

Turning the lowland from golden to green 

To harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin 

Every day I struggle 

With the distance and the fear 

That I will not return 

Or find a way to bring you here 

My emptiness grows deeper 

I feel my spirit fall 

As night comes like a blanket 

It brings no sleep at all 

I only hope that time will find 

A way to work things out 

We will be together 

In the life we dream about 

Life we dream about 

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They say the Sierra melts with the rain 

To race through the valley like blood through the vein 

Turning the lowland from golden to green 

To harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin 

We'll harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin