Going Back West - Jimmy Cliff: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Going Back West

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Going Back West was released on January 1, 1973 by Mango as a part of the album Struggling Man

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Jimmy Cliff

Vocals

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Jimmy Cliff

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Jimmy Cliff

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Lyrics

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

Written by: Jimmy Cliff

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