Set out on the voyage of the conquering fools
Lookin′ for the gold and the modern-day jewels
It come to pass what was stuck in my head

If I didn't quit on lookin′, then I'm probably dead

I hit the road and I rolled up north
Lookin' for the origin, the place of my birth
I didn′t notice when I ran a red sign
Hopin′ that everything would really be fine, uh-huh

People come and, but people go, but they
They never know what is a goin' on
So, they-hey, they gotta try to be what they wanna be
What the hell is happenin′ to me?

I hit the road and I rolled up north
Lookin' for the origin, the place of my birth
I didn′t notice when I ran a red sign
Hopin' that everything would really be fine

Well, I set out about an hour ago
I′m lookin' for my gold, and I'm sayin′, "Ay, oh"
Then I went down lookin′ for that big
That big, baby, big brass show
So, I, I went and then I started to go
Walkin' down that same old, same old road
Thinkin′ to myself, "This quite a struggle
What am I gonna do tomorrow?"

I'm gonna find my gold conquer me some fools, yeah

A long, long time ago I found myself looking for fools
And what I did not let myself know is that
These fools are inside my mind I′d love to do right, all the time
But I found there are times when I love to do so wrong
And I know that the fool was the rat at the bottom of it all

When no substance can control you
You done conquer that fool
And when that alcohol cannot own you
You done conquer that fool
And when no one person runs you
You must conquer that fool
And when you learnin' in books, everything you need to know
You can conquer them fools
You can conquer them fools
Ya′ll don't have to go