Going back west

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

Listen to my story of what became of me

I met a businessman

Who said he had some friends back east

So why don't you come along

Well we can help you at least

We'll 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

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

I think I'll do alright

Thinking how it could have been

For still I ain't nowhere

They surely took me for a ride

Trampled on my pride

But I 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

I think I'll do alright

Going back west

Going back west