Just like the goldrush, deep in the darkest mine

They struck a rich seam impossible to refine

They made an icon but the star then ceased to shine

And now he's lying low down among the pines

Caught in a endless bind where bramble barbs entwine

His every movement seen as though he was divine

But now he's dissipated, never to recombine

And another cold wind blows down among the pines

In the winter and in the summertime

They traced your footsteps down by the Seattle skyline

And all those last years all that living on borrowed time

And you left them broken hearted among the pines

That girl, That girl don't lie to me

Tell me where did you sleep last night

In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine

I would shiver the whole night through

Her husband was a balladeer

Five thousand miles from here

He left his body on that cold cold floor

But his soul has never been found

Oh me, how cruel can this life be

Funny how they build you up

And then they bring you down

Not free, with all this purgatory

Another frantic phone call

From another distant town

That girl, That girl where will you go

I'm going where the cold wind blows

In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine

I would shiver the whole night through

Just like the goldrush, deep in the darkest mine

They struck a rich seam impossible to refine

They made an icon but the star then ceased to shine

And now he's lying low down among the pines