well they say that the mountains touch the sky far away out west of the great divide and there s fertile fields and valleys down below and i m telling you brother we d be fools not to go and i ve never been out west he said it always seemed so far away and it s just a direction i guess and i m getting too old waiting around for someday well the dreams they faded fast as the trucks rolled by and it seemed we shared a longing deep inside and i said you ve got nothing to lose girl and we ve got room for one more she put her hand in mine and we left without locking the door i ve never been out west she said it always seemed so far away and it s just a direction i guess and i m getting too old waiting around for some day well the rain is relentless in seattle and when it came it was more than i could handle and did i watch her fall or did she watch me let her go i ve got no one and nothing left to lose here anymore and i d never been out west she read it always seemed so far away and it s just a direction i guess and i m getting too old waiting around for some day