Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Frost on my blanket roll
Breath hanging hard in the dawn
Boot prints vanish in the drift
But I keep dragging on
Canvas pack cuttin' my shoulders
Ice on the beard of my chin
Every creek a silver promise
Every ridge says turn back again
[Chorus]
I’m headed over these mountains
Up where the air runs thin
Snow trying hard to stop me
Wind clawing at my skin
All for a glint in a pan
Out past the cold and the pity
I’ll bleed my hands through the Yukon
To strike the earth in Dawson City
[Verse 2]
Sled dogs howlin’ for shelter
Tin cup froze to my glove
Moose tracks ghost in the timber
Ravens circlin’ above
Cards in a lamp-lit tent
Men talk rich in their sleep
Come morning half will turn south
But my fear’s buried too deep
[Chorus]
I’m headed over these mountains
Up where the air runs thin
Snow trying hard to stop me
Wind clawing at my skin
All for a glint in a pan
Out past the cold and the pity
I’ll bleed my hands through the Yukon
To strike the earth in Dawson City
[Bridge]
White pass
Dead men’s tales
Names carved low in the pines
Ice fog
Broken rails
Boot soles worn to the lines
If the river takes my body
Or the cold steals my breath clean
Let ‘em say I chased that river
All the way to my last dream (hey!)
[Chorus]
I’m headed over these mountains
Up where the air runs thin
Snow trying hard to stop me
Wind clawing at my skin
All for a glint in a pan
Out past the cold and the pity
I’ll bleed my hands through the Yukon
To strike the earth in Dawson City
Style
dusty folk-americana with male vocalsbrushed snare and upright bass locked to a steady stomp. fingerpicked acoustic and resonator guitar carry the verses; chorus widens with fiddle swellsgang vocalsand boot-stomp accents. energy starts intimate and wearythen swells into a roughshodtriumphant shout-along by the final chorus.
Prompt
Song about traveling over the mountains and fighting the elements in the Yukon to get to Dawson City to start prospecting for gold during the Yukon gold rush.
Credits
Prompt by
Gold_Diggin_Cowboy
Gold_Diggin_CowboyGeneratedFeb 7, 2026
ModelAria v5
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