Dreams of the San Joaquin Songtext
von Linda Ronstadt

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


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


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

Dicen que la Sierra
Disuelve con la lluvia
Y corre por el valle
Como sangre por las venas
Cambiando la tierra
De oro a verde
Cosechando para siempre