[Chorus]

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

I'm down to go anywhere

You tryin' to go west

I'm tryin' to get away from here

You tryin' to go west

I'm down to go anywhere

You tryin' to go west

I'm tryin' to get away from here

You tryin' to go west

[Verse 1]

A horse named Ford, '96 Tempo

Close the doors and try to roll the windows up

Before the seats get soakin' wet

Turned on the wipers and hold my breath

94 West outside of Fargo

Gotta get petrol, that's how the car go

Cup full of truck stop coffee and a caramel roll

The cashier lookin' likе an art show

And I could tell that she wanted to run away from hеre

And she could tell that I ain't from here

And even though it feels hopeless

We both just a couple of ghosts tryin' to get to the coast

We been through hell, ain't hard to tell

We can't save each other until we save ourselves

I complimented her tattoos and bounced

Keep your head high and your wheels on the ground

Westbound

[Chorus]

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

I'm down to go anywhere

You tryin' to go west

I'm tryin' to get away from here

You tryin' to go west

I'm down to go anywhere

You tryin' to go west

I'm tryin' to get away from here

You tryin' to go west

[Verse 2]

Listen, I might've wrote this in Billings

If you ain't fishin', then don't catch feelings

I'm tryin' not to hit my head on the ceiling

That's why I recline till it looks like I'm leanin' on the back seat

Weavin' in and out of traffic like a taxi

But I don't have any passengers

It's only me like it's supposed to be

Come on Maxi Priest, you're too close to me

Woke up in Bozeman, it's calm and frozen

But the sunshine brighter than a bomb's explosion

Stopped at the lobby to drop the key

Mommy at the front desk lookin' at me like she wanna be free

Join the club, everybody lookin' for the coin or the love

But the rub is that it's never enough

I complimented her boots and then bounced

Before she replied, I already left town

Westbound

[Chorus]

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

You tryin' to go west

I'm down to go anywhere

You tryin' to go west

I'm tryin' to get away from here

You tryin' to go west

I'm down to go anywhere

You tryin' to go west

I'm tryin' to get away from here

You tryin' to go west

[Verse 3]

Maybe I'm gone, maybe I don't belong

Maybe I got it all wrong

Maybe I'm outside but still withdrawn

Tryin' to write about life through the filter of a song

Maybe when you're first in line it works fine

Maybe it's about how you interpret the sign

Maybe this is how I pass the time

Like I'm travelin' westbound to go back in time

Maybe that bartender never existed

Maybe the waitress was somebody different

Maybe my hallucinations are related

To the parts we erased out of my imagination

Yeah, maybe I imagined it all

Project my thoughts on a random wall

In this bathroom stall in an abandoned mall

But don't trip, I'll see you next fall

Westbound