Go West Lyrics - Girlysound Tape 1 - Liz Phair

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"