Nevada City Serenade - Mischief Brew

Where did you come from and where did you go?

The rattlers are still and the ashes are cold

The stage, it is empty;

the Union Halls, dark

And the lights are so bright that I can’t see the stars

Ain’t no heaven and hell in the Great By-And-By

Where the dead they are laughing, singin' and spillin' their wine

Seattle to Spokane, Missoula to Butte:

The spare-changer's stories so boring and true

Now the world ain’t so lonesome without you around

Hey, tell me, where can you camp where you can’t hear a sound?

Ain’t no heaven and hell in the Great By-And-By

Where the dead they are laughing, singin' and spillin' their wine

Oh, the stories we’ll tell on our last and long ride

Where the dead they are laughing, singin' and spillin' their wine

Now that God’s gone and the Devil’s in a hole

It’s Aces, Straights, Flushes with Johnny and Joe

No masters, no Yard Bulls to chase a boy down

He’s gone to where the bums go when they’re run out of town

Ain’t no heaven and hell in the Great By-And-By

Where the dead they are laughing, singin' and spillin' their wine

Say «So Long» to the rails, from the sage to the pine

While the dead they are laughing, singin' and spillin' their wine

Oh, the stories we’ll tell on our last and long ride

Where the dead they are laughing, singin' and spillin' their wine

Where do you come from and where did you go?