El Dorado from Vaquero by Berkley

It’s not much to ask of me
I don’t think you’re wrong
When all you wanted was to hear a familiar song
But there’s a lot more to me
That’s been here all along
It won’t be so hard to make me feel like I belong

You and I could find El Dorado
We’ll arrive but won’t return
Live for now and forget tomorrow
We could just listen to the fire burn

I was 35 the first time we sat silently together
Under the night sky watching the satellites

When you were young what would you pretend
What different places would you find your end
A nameless cowboy
Shooting his way through ancient jungle
Wish I had thought of that one
It sounds like fun

You find yourself in El Dorado
And realize you can’t return
But feel the joy after the sorrow
There’s nothing more that’s left to learn

• Alternative
• singer-songwriter
• Portland