Safe on the interstate
Take off the parking brake
And I'm not looking forward to missing you
Stepping down off my platform shoes
And I'm looking for someone to do my thinking for me
And it feels like I've got something to prove
New York is 3,000 miles away
And I'm not looking forward to following through
But it's better than always running back into you
I've got to tear my life apart
And go west, young man
Go coasting into a different state
And it feels like I've got something to prove
But in some ways it's just something to do
I closed my eyes and my bank account
And gone west, young man
But I must have something better to do
My friends turn me around and say,
"You go west, young man."
69 in the afternoon
And I'm not 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."
Till I come through
The state-line highway sign says,
"You have gone west, young man."
But in some ways it's just something to do
The state-line highway sign says,
"You have gone west, young man."
Written by Liz Phair
Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Civil War Days Music (ASCAP)