Jim, Jim, I wore a tie today    The first one that I ever wore    And you'd have said I looked like a dummy    Out the dry goods store       Oh Jim, Jim, the Preacher said a lot of things    But I didn’t hear a word he said    My mind kept wanderin' back down the trail    Back to the good times we had      Riding herd through sun and the rain   Panning for gold on the cuff    We've did everything in the book I guess    And a lot that they never thought up      Oh Jim, Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead    Well if that’s how it’s going to be    When you reach those streets paved with gold   Jim, stake a claim out for me       We did everything we could do for you Jim   But your fever just wouldn't go down    So we put you in the wagon Jim    And this morning we got you back to town       But when we got here you were gone Jim    And there wasn’t anything anybody could do   And they dressed you up in a fancy suit and a necktie    So today, we wore one too      Riding herd through sun and the rain   Panning for gold on the cuff    We've did everything in the book I guess    And a lot that they never thought up   Oh Jim, Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead    Well if that’s how it’s going to be    When you reach those streets paved with gold    Jim, stake a claim out for me