I heard the walls had fallen down You were running out of town again, my friend The call you always thought was best Was the one that drove you way out West, out West But look at you now; this is no man you have been The point on your compa** leads you farther still To the sea you have been sent But I heard there's gold out west In the sky where the sun makes its rest Clear your throat and take off your coat You've always known best The western expansion is all that you have And a fire in your soul has been driving you mad A life on the coast is a thing you can boast, my friend The sea moves regardless, the waves always stand And the fires on the coast keep your heart close at hand The stars in your eyes raise them high like the calls in the night But look at you now; the past couldn't tell who you are Your home may seem so far away to you But man, home is in your heart But I heard there's gold out west In the sky where the sun makes its rest Clear your throat and take of your coat You've always known best The western expansion is all that you have And the lights from the east can rest The western expansion is all that you have And the lights from the east can rest But I heard there's gold out west In the sky where the sun makes its rest Clear your throat and take of your coat, yeah you've always known best Yeah you've always known best The western expansion is all that you have And the lights from the east can rest The western expansion is all that you have And the lights from the east can rest The western expansion is all that you have And the lights from the east can rest