Genesis - Deep In The Motherlode

Get out of the way fat man. You got something to do
Go fill up your hands till they're shining up at you.
You gotta get out while there's gold in the air
It's falling like water, coming down from the hills.

Go West young man
Earn a dollar a day just like your family said.
You're rolling your days right on into the night
The head of the line's going way out of sight.
Go West young man like your family said

All along the wagons
All along the dusty trail.
Seventeen years not over a day
Like children in the wild.
Your mother's milk still wet on your face
And no one to pray for your safe journey home.

Out beyond the desert
Across the mountains by the fall.
Servants who leave their masters house
Are walking all the way.
The golden fields that beckoned you
Are darkened by the years.

Go West Young Man
If you knew then what you know today
You'd be back where you started a happier man
And leave all the glory to those who have remained.

So Go West Young Man
Go West Young Man, like your family said.

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[worldcitizengrendel]

DINOSAURS!! Who the hell says that Sir Phil Collins is a "pop star", he is an ICON of PROGROCK!

[NS9213]

One THE Greatest songs Genesis ever wrote!! Brings back the year 1978 in all its Fun and Glory!! Excellent memories from that creative decade.......the 70's.

[bretthejet60]

Hey all you Peter Gabriel lovers, who left the band, and who stepped right in to take his place, sing and play drums. Phil Collins was with them on the old shit. Peter Gabriel's 1980's videos suck, no more than Collins. What, Salsberry Hill.Frickin please.

[drjayyip5]

A very underrated album! They were definitely changing directions here with Gabriel and now Hackett gone-Phil took them to a more "pop" oriented band and made them multimillionaires and a household name-arguably at the expense of the most creative music of the 70's. Saw this show in 79-it did NOT disappoint!!

[not3bad13]

@daveleindrummerboy Did Gabriel have a version of Deep in the Motherlode!?

[mrceleb2006]

This song was originally titled "Go West, Young Man".

[daveleindrummerboy]

@bretthejet60 Um, Gabriel's version is far superior.

[RalfsLab]

@bassmanjoe The dislike is probably a fan of the original mix of this song.

[RalfsLab]

Damn it! When will musicians learn that we hate it when classic albums are remixed? Havn't they learned anything from the ZZ Top and Ozzy Osbourne fiascos? I do think the sound of Peter's voice is improved on the 2007 Foxtrot remix (these are not remasters),but otherwise they have ruined all the perfectly produced Genesis albums. At least I still have all my 1994 CDs with the original mixes,but the new commers might not know what they are missing if they buy these sacrilegious remixes.

[lungsounds1]

I Want to Die to this Song........ Will they do this for Me?

[bassmanjoe]

1 dislike? must be a fan of the song I can't Dance....lol

[mrceleb2006]

Very beautiful Genesis song from 1978!