[Verse 1]
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold
Spring's early flower
But only so an hour

Then leaf subsides to leaf
Eden sank to grief
As night turns into day
Nothing gold can stay, yeah

[Bridge]
The messenger boys are panting, they've run all the way
There's been a pile-up on the information highway, yeah
The truth recovered from the wreckage
The truth recovered from the wreckage gives me

[Chorus]
Deliverance
Deliverance

[Verse 2]
Fire's first flame is bright
Flames leap to a height
They gather to fuel its heat
It warms with smile's sweet greet, yeah
Ashes overflow
Flame gives way to a glow
All is lost we say
Nothing gold can stay

[Bridge]
The messenger boys are panting, they've run all the way
There's been a pile-up on the information highway, yeah
The truth recovered from the wreckage
The truth recovered from the wreckage gives me

[Chorus]
Deliverance
Deliverance

Nothing gold can stay
Nothing gold can stay
Nothing, nothing

Nothing gold can stay
Nothing gold can stay
Nothing, nothing, nothing

Nothing gold can stay
Nothing gold can stay
Nothing gold can stay
Stay
Stay