Jayber Crow - Eugene, Oregon (Manifest Destiny) (DTAS) lyrics

I've yet to make it out To Eugene, Oregon I'm thinkin' of heading there soon Get closer to the coast Of the Pacific Ocean Far from what I'm used to My friends have traveled West Across the continent In search of a better life Just like Lewis & Clark At the request of Jefferson Assessed what they could find La, la la la la, &c. And all the stories that we tell To move us forward We learn them when we are young So that life becomes a race Where you can't look backward The best is still yet to come And our lives are on a course Of Manifest Destiny To cover all the miles that we can So we formed a modern ranks of The Corps of Discovery Marchin' out over the land La, la la la la, &c. And we ripen like fruit s**ing nutrients And waitin' for our stems to break So we can fall from the tree Sweet with indifference And sit there for someone to take So go ahead and pull the plug And drain the conutryside And rob small towns of their youth Oh, pack 'em up and ship 'em out To someplace far away And tell them it's the best they can do La, la la la la, &c. Yes, and I am movin' soon To Minnesota From Indiana, home Tell my friends and family, "It was nice to know you, It's time to get out on my own" And I will move on from here in the Name of progress Reachin' for the setting sun Will consume my every care Never stop and never rest And never say that I am done La, la la la la, &c. Yes, and I will make it out To Eugene, Oregon And on to the Pacific coast And I will step to the edge And touch the ocean And that's about as far as you can go And I will have to turn around, My back to the Western sky, Shiv'ring wet and alone And I will see my footsteps Stretch back Eastward Take a breath and follow them home, Follow them home.