The boom time it is over
A ghost town is all that's here
The gold rush it is over
And depression days draw near
So tonight after sundown
I'm gonna pack my case
Without a word, without a sound
Disappear without a trace
Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound
Drifting like a drover
Chasing my career
From the ships docked in the harbour
New horizons will appear
Tumbling with the tumbleweed
Down the open road
I'll be taking just what I need
Before my head explodes
Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound
Southbound
Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound
Hey, you're not getting any younger
The wild west has already been won
Northern nights are growing colder
And the old eastern ways are gone
So tonight after sundown
I'm gonna pack my case
Without a word, without a sound
Disappear without a trace
Oh I'm going southbound
Oh I'm going southbound
New horizons will appear
Oh I'm going south from here
Without a word, without a sound
I've got to leave this ghost town
Oh let's go down to Rio
I got to go
Oh you know I'm southbound
Southbound