[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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"

[Verse 4]
Stepping down off the 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"
[Verse 5]
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"

[Verse 6]
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"