Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Going Back West, artist - Jimmy Cliff. Album song The Universal Masters Collection, in the genre Ска
Date of issue: 31.12.2000
Record label: Island
Song language: English
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 |
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 |
(Going back West) |
Yes I know, I’ll make out alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Where my music’s playing all night |
Going back West |
(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 |
(Going back West) |
Yes I know, I’ll make out alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Where my music’s playing all night |
Going back West |
(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 |
(Going back West) |
Yes I know, I’ll make out alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Where my music’s playing all night |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
I think, I’ll do alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Yes I know I’ll make out alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Where my music’s playing all night |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Think, I’ll do alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Yes I know, I’ll make out alright |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
Where my music’s playing all night |
Going back West |
(Going back West) |
I think, I’ll do alright |