east of the mountains and west of the sea my love lies weeping for me now i m west of everything out here on my own weeping for the only love i ve known well i started out in greenburg started out in love started thinking nothing could go wrong but every day my sisters turned a deeper green and i should have known it couldn t last for long they took me to the railroad put me on a train said don t even bother to complain just say farewell to spring street girl say farewell to me and your lover s face that never more you ll see now out here on the prairies the wind is cold and mean and at night it wails and whistles round my place and i ve tried a lot of company tried a lot of booze but i never ever could forget his face now east of the mountains and west of the sea my love lies weeping for me now i m west of everything out here on my own weeping for the only love i ve known