Oysterband - Gone West lyrics

There's a power sleeping Under these streets Whose mother carried you on weary feet Whose father came for work and changed his name He came for work He changed his name He found the work He lost your name Sleeping, but a power just the same CHORUS And they have gone into another country Your brightest and your best On and on into the distance Flame of our resistance Salt of our existence Gone west Gone west There's a power sleeping Nobody knows Years of washing other people's clothes Who took the garbage out and brought the mail Who swept the streets and felt no shame Who walked the streets and took the blame Sleeping, but a power just the same CHORUS He came for work He changed his name He walked the streets and felt no shame CHORUS (repeating)