Go West

Safe on
The interstate
New York
Is three thousand miles away
And Im not looking forward to following through
But its better than always running back into you
Ive closed my eyes and my bank account
And gone west, young man

Take off
The parking brake
Go coasting
Into a different state
And Im not looking forward to missing you
But I must have something better to do
Ive got to tear my life apart
And go west, young man

And it feels like Ive got something to prove
But in some ways its just something to do
My friends turn me around and say
You go west, young man

Stepping
Down off my platform shoes
Sixty-
Nine in the afternoon
And Im waiting for someone in the know
Like Pirnir tells me on the radio
Says take it from someone whos been there before
You go west, young man

And Im looking for somebody to do
My thinking for me till I come through
The state-line highway sign says
You have gone west, young man

And it feels like Ive got something to prove
But in some ways its just something to do
The state-line highway sign says
You have gone west, young man