Going Back West

Going Back West - Jimmy Cliff

I was born and raised in the ghetto

Talk with me and you'll know

I wasn't satisfied with living on the side

I started looking around for a possibility

But listen to my story of what became of me

I met a businessman

Who said he got some friends back East

Said "Why don't you come along

Well we could help you atleast"

"Make you into a big star

By playing your guitar"

But the joke was on me

They left me flat to see

Going back West

Yes I know I'll make out alright

Going back West

Where my music's playing all night

Going back West

Think I'll do alright

Struggling for recognition identity and respect

I got a lot of promises they told me not to fret

Said "We will stand by you

If the going gets rough"

But when I started sinking

They didn't even bluff

Going back West

Yes I know I'll make out alright

Going back West

Where my music's playing all night

Going back West

I think I'll do alright

'Bout a year has come and gone

And left me standing here

Thinking how it could have been

'Cause still I ain't nowhere

They surely took me for a ride

Trampled on my pride

But I'll hold my head up high

Got no more tears to cry

Going back West

Yes I know I'll make out alright

Going back West

Where my music's playing all night

Going back West

I think I'll do alright

Going back West

Yes I know I'll make out alright

Going back West

Where my music's playing all night

Going back West

Think I'll do alright

Going back West

Yes I know I'll make out alright

Going back West

Where my music's playing all night

Going back West

I think I'll do alright