Heading East

Verse 1

He moved to Cali stopping twice along the way
He chased the blacktop west from state to state
He was raised in a family that was built upon
The farm where his daddy grew up to be a man
And that’s the farm his daddy left him on the day that he took his last breath (and said)

Chorus

Keep heading east, son, that son is gonna rise again
Keep heading east, son, that son is gonna rise again
When the western road proves darkness in the end (remember son)
Head out east, that sun will rise again

Verse 2

He heard that California is full of gold
But it’s the kind that’ll rot your liver as time unfolds
Every day his daddy’s memory and the farm back home
Would lead him out the door to a bar down the street
And they’d serve all he wanted as he searched for peace, drink by drink

Chorus

Bridge

He was left to watch his family try to live life on their own
And their path was marked with sorrow every day
And all the questions a boy has to help him turn into a man
Shared his dad’s last breath that final day

Chorus