Now the girls in Telluride do it like this 
cross their fingers when they kiss you 
don't say nothing behind your back 
and they don't take nothin' that they don't give back 
take the gold into Telluride 

Work all winter in the Tomboy Mine 
dreamin' of what we'll do 
when the snow finally ends 
and the spring breaks through 
we'll load up the wagon & set the little one by our side 
take the gold into Telluride 

I'd like to lay you down on a cannonball bed 
put a soft feather pillow down by your head 
intertwine flowers into a maiden's veil 
wake you in the morning 
now she's wailing take the gold into Telluride 

ain't nothing'll stop an avalanche when it's sliding 
once the wagon starts to roll, you can't turn the mule and the
brakes don't hold; 
you end up in the valley with the little one by your side 
Take the gold into Telluride. 

lace curtains for the windows, 
dreams torn from a catalog page. 
we may wander where the wind blows 
you change your views but our love won't change 
she gonna climb you high on top of a hill 
fall asleep laughing with the whipporwill 
intertwined flowers in the matrons ring 
wake you in the morning 
now she's singing take the gold into Telluride 

I loved my winter with a teenage bride 
dreamin of what we'll do 
when the snow finally ends 
and the spring breaks through 
we'll load up the wagon, set the little one by our side 
take the gold into Telluride 
take the gold into Telluride