No rain and the weather got warm
Broke down and I sold my farm
Headed for the silver strike
I took my wife
Calico silver
Gave us life
You could hear miners sing
When they madhee their hammers ring
You could hear them singing out
Oh when they found
Calico silver
Ohhh underground
Pave the streets with silver
Let the wagons roll
Don't those mountains look just like
Calico
Fifteen years down in the mines
I watched the silver shine
Listened to the big
Wheels churn
They were turned
By calico silver
That we earned
Days were short
And the laughter was long
Nails in the pine were strong
We thought nothing could go wrong
Not counting on
Calico silver
To be gone
Pave the streets with silver
Let the wagons roll
Don't those mountains look just like
Calico