Going Back West Lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

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