Gone West Songtext
von The Killdares

There′s a power sleeping under the 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

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


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

He came for work, he changed his name
He walked the streets and felt no shame
He found the work and lost your name

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
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
Gone west