The boom time it is over
A ghost town is all that's here
The gold rush it is over
And depression days draw near

So tonight after sundown
I'm gonna pack my case
Without a word, without a sound
Disappear without a trace

Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound

Drifting like a drover
Chasing my career
From the ships docked in the harbour
New horizons will appear

Tumbling with the tumbleweed
Down the open road
I'll be taking just what I need
Before my head explodes

Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound
Southbound

Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound

Hey, you're not getting any younger
The wild west has already been won
Northern nights are growing colder
And the old eastern ways are gone

So tonight after sundown
I'm gonna pack my case
Without a word, without a sound
Disappear without a trace

Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound

New horizons will appear
Oh I'm going south from here
Without a word, without a sound
I've got to leave this ghost town

Oh let's go down to Rio
I got to go
Oh you know I'm southbound
Southbound