[ti:Uranium Fever] [ar:Elton Britt] [al:Uranium Fever] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Uranium Fever - Elton Britt [00:02.36]Written by:Elton Britt [00:04.73]Well I don't know but I've been told [00:06.65]Uranium ore's worth more than gold [00:08.83]Sold my cad I bought me a jeep [00:10.91]I've got that bug and I can't sleep [00:12.95]Uranium fever has done and got me down [00:16.87]Uranium fever is spreading all around [00:20.73]With a Geiger counter in my hand [00:22.94]I'm a going out to stake me some government land [00:25.44]Uranium fever has done and got me down [00:29.98]Well I had talk with the a e c [00:31.90]And they brought out some maps that looked good to me [00:33.83]And one showed me a spot that he said he knowed [00:35.97]So I straddled my jeep and headed down the road [00:38.09]I reckon I drove about 100 miles [00:40.11]Down a bumpy road out through the wilds [00:42.15]When all of sudden I bounced to a stop [00:43.98]At the foot of a mountain didn't have no top [00:46.05]Uranium fever has done and got me down [00:50.24]Uranium fever is spreading all around [00:54.25]With a Geiger counter in my hand [00:56.39]I'm a going out to stake me some government land [00:59.01]Uranium fever has done and got me down [01:03.40]Well I took my Geiger and I started to climb [01:05.39]Right up to the top where I thought I'd find [01:07.35]A hunk of rock that would make it click [01:09.49]Just like I'd read about Vernon pick [01:11.61]On the second day I made the top [01:13.47]And I'm telling you Steve I was ready to stop [01:15.56]The only clicking that I heard that day [01:17.55]Was the bones in my back that had gone astray [01:19.85]Uranium fever has done and got me down [01:23.63]Uranium fever is spreading all around [01:27.58]With a Geiger counter in my hand [01:29.75]I'm a going out to stake me some government land [01:32.32]Uranium fever has done and got me down [01:36.80]Well you pack up your things [01:37.94]You head out again [01:38.72]Into some unknown spot where nobody's been [01:40.78]You reach the spot where your fortune lies [01:43.52]You find it's been staked by 17 other guys [01:48.51]Well I ain't kidding I ain't gonna quit [01:50.41]That bug's done caught me and I've been bit [01:52.34]So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand [01:54.48]I'll keep right on staking that government land [01:56.72]Uranium fever has done and got me down [02:00.53]Uranium fever is spreading all around [02:04.45]With a Geiger counter in my hand [02:06.42]I'm a going out to stake me some government land [02:09.23]Uranium fever has done and got me down