Safe on the interstate New York is three thousand miles away And I'm not looking forward to following through But it's better than always running back into you I've got to tear my life apart And go west, young man Take off the parking brake Go coasting into a different state And it feels like I've got something to prove But in some ways it's just something to do I've closed my eyes and my bank account And gone west, young man And I'm not looking forward to missing you But I must have something better to do My friend's turn me around and say Go west, young man Stepping down off my platform shoes Sixty-nine in the afternoon And I'm not waiting for someone in the know Like Pirner tells me on the radio Says take it from someone who's been there before You go west, young man And I'm looking for someone 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 I've got something to prove But in some ways it's just something to do The state-line highway sign says You have gone west, young man
[00:09.969] Safe on the interstate [00:20.224] New York is three thousand miles away [00:29.789] And I'm not looking forward to following through [00:34.691] But it's better than always running back into you [00:39.350] I've got to tear my life apart [00:44.206] And go west, young man [00:49.956] Take off the parking brake [00:59.549] Go coasting into a different state [01:08.813] And it feels like I've got something to prove [01:13.601] But in some ways it's just something to do [01:18.674] I've closed my eyes and my bank account [01:23.657] And gone west, young man [01:28.698] And I'm not looking forward to missing you [01:33.691] But I must have something better to do [01:38.517] My friend's turn me around and say [01:43.696] Go west, young man [01:54.532] Stepping down off my platform shoes [02:04.608] Sixty-nine in the afternoon [02:14.045] And I'm not waiting for someone in the know [02:18.955] Like Pirner tells me on the radio [02:23.503] Says take it from someone who's been there before [02:28.372] You go west, young man [02:33.501] And I'm looking for someone to do [02:38.720] My thinking for me 'till I come through [02:43.525] The state-line highway sign says [02:47.901] You have gone west, young man [02:58.620] And it feels like I've got something to prove [03:03.462] But in some ways it's just something to do [03:08.460] The state-line highway sign says [03:13.363] You have gone west, young man
