[ti:Dreams of the San Joaquin] [ar:Kenny Rogers] [al:You Can't Make Old Friends] [offset:0] [00:01.42]Dreams of the San Joaquin - Kenny Rogers [00:32.06]I'm sending you some money [00:34.74] [00:35.42]I wish it could be more [00:39.98]But it's harder than I thought [00:42.98]To find the work I came here for [00:46.10] [00:47.85]This place is just as pretty [00:51.09]As I pictured it to be [00:53.71] [00:56.02]But a man in need of work's [00:58.77]An all too common sight to see [01:02.01] [01:05.50]Each morning as the trucks roll in [01:08.87]A lucky few climb on [01:11.81]And the rest of us are left to wonder [01:15.24]Where the dream has gone [01:17.55] [01:19.92]Where the dream has gone [01:22.86] [01:29.29]They say the Sierra melts with the rain [01:39.79] [01:42.16]To race through the valley like blood through the vein [01:52.46] [01:54.95]Turning the lowland from golden to green [02:06.12] [02:07.23]To harvest forever I dreams of the San Joaquin [02:18.94] [02:29.99]Every day I struggle [02:32.74]With the distance and the fear [02:36.24] [02:37.86]That I will not return [02:40.67]Or find a way to bring you here [02:44.42] [02:45.41]My emptiness grows deeper [02:48.74]I feel my spirit fall [02:52.67] [02:53.74]As night comes like a blanket [02:55.98] [02:56.79]It brings no sleep at all [02:59.49] [03:02.86]I only hope that time will find [03:06.67]A way to work things out [03:09.53]We will be together [03:11.65] [03:12.40]In the life we aboutdream [03:15.28] [03:17.34]The life we dream about [03:21.70] [03:26.95]They say the Sierra melts with the rain [03:37.28] [03:39.34]And race through the valley like blood through the vein [03:50.84] [03:52.53]Turning the lowland from golden to green [04:03.59] [04:04.78]To harvest forever I dreams of the San Joaquin [04:16.91] [04:17.92]We'll harvest forever the dreams of the San Joaquin