Nothing Gold Can Stay Lyrics

What's become of my hometown, everything on Main is closing down

And Phil the barber he's dead and gone

And as the sun is setting on the courthouse steps, looking back I have no regrets

But when I'm here I feel all alone

So I make my way to the Methodist church, and that stained glass don't do nothing but Hurt

And it cuts me because they don't even know my name

And as I step out in the light of this cool autumn night, I realize nothing gold can stay

And if you drive east on Highway 90 it's where you'll find it, it was the jewel of the Trinity

But now all that remains is my love of the name, and memories of being free

I was a free without a past, but my freedom didn't last

Nothing gold can stay

Grandpa, he's been gone now hard to believe it's been twenty years

And every day I still miss him so.

Then last year we had to sell off the family home, how I cried when it was time to go

And Daddy he packed up his bags and headed west to San Francisco

He said son, I just have to get away

And as I step out in the light of this cool autumn night, I realize nothing gold can stay

Sometimes I think of how I can never really go back home

But then I just shake it off with a smile.

Because I can close my eyes, and I can see that lonesome train rolling

Cutting straight through my little town

And all the endless games of 42, the world's best damn bar-b-que

My family gathered round at Christmas time

I remember all the people and the places and the sights and the faces and the things That we used to do

Yeah, they're all right there in my mind

I said, Liberty's always on my mind

And if you drive east on Highway 90, that's where you'll find it, it was the jewel of the Trinity

But now that all that remains is my love of the name, and memories of being free

I was free without a past, but my freedom didn't last

Nothing gold can stay

Nothing gold can stay, lord

Nothing gold can stay

Nothing gold can stay