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 closed my eyes and my bank account

And gone west, young man



Take off the parking brake

Go coasting into a different state

And I'm not looking forward to missing you

But I must have something better to do

I've got to tear my life apart

And go west, young man



And it feels like I've got something to prove

But in some ways it's 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 I'm 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 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 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."