Elton Britt - Uranium Fever lyrics
[Verse 1] Well I don't know but I've been told Uranium ore is worth more than gold I sold my Cad' bought me a Jeep I got that bug and I can't sleep. [Chorus] Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever it's spreadin' all around With a Geiger counter in my hand (I'ma going out to stake me some government land) Uranium fever has done and got me down [Verse 2] Well I had a talk with the AEC And they brought out some maps that look good to me And one showed me a spot that he said he knowed So I straddled my Jeep and headed down the road I reckon I drove about a hundred miles Down a bumpy road out through the wiles When all of a sudden I bounced to a stop At the foot of a mountain didn't have no top [Chorus] Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever it's spreadin' all around With a Geiger counter in my hand (I'ma going out to stake me some government land) Uranium fever has done and got me down [Verse 3] Well I took my Geiger and I started to climb Right up to the top where I thought I'd find A hunk of rock that'd make it click Just like I'd read about Vernon Pick On the second day I made the top And I'm telling you Steve I was ready to stop The only clicking that I heard that day Was the bones in my back that'd gone astray [Chorus] Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever it's spreadin' all around With a Geiger counter in my hand (I'ma going out to stake me some government land) Uranium fever has done and got me down [Verse 4] Well you pack up your things you head out again To some unknown spot where nobodies been You reach the spot where your fortune lies You find it's been staked by seventeen other guys Well I ain't kiddin' I ain't gonna quit That bugs done caught me and I've been bit So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand I'll keep right on staking that government land [Chorus] Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever it's spreadin' all around With a Geiger counter in my hand (I'ma going out to stake me some government land) Uranium fever has done and got me down