Genesis - Deep In The Motherlode Lyrics
Get out of the way fat man. you got something to doGo fill up your hands till theyre shining up at you.You gotta get out while theres gold in the airIts falling like water, coming down from the hills.Go west young manEarn a dollar a day just like your family said.Youre rolling your days right on into the nightThe head of the lines going way out of sight.Go west young man like your family saidAll along the wagonsAll along the dusty trail.Seventeen years not over a dayLike children in the wild.Your mothers milk still wet on your faceAnd no one to pray for your safe journey home.Out beyond the desertAcross the mountains by the fall.Servants who leave their masters houseAre walking all the way.The golden fields that beckoned youAre darkened by the years.Go west young manIf you knew then what you know todayYoud be back where you started a happier manAnd leave all the glory to those who have remained.So go west young manGo west young man, like your family said.
