Go West

Liz Phair

Go West

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

69 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