[Verse 1]
There's a power sleeping under these streets
Whose mother carried you on weary feet
Whose father came for work and changed his name
He came for work, he changed his name
He found the work, he lost your name
Sleeping but a power just the same

[Chorus]
And they have gone into another country
Your brightest and your best
On into the distance
Flame of our resistance
Salt of our existence
Gone west
Gone west

[Verse 2]
There's a power sleeping nobody knows
Years of washing other people's clothes
Who took the garbage out and brought the mail
Who swept the streets and felt no shame
Who walked the streets and took the blame
Sleeping but a power just the same

[Chorus]
And they have gone into another country
Your brightest and your best
On into the distance
Flame of our resistance
Salt of our existence
Gone west
Gone west
[Bridge]
He came for work
He changed his name
He walked the streets and felt no shame
He found the work and lost your name

[Chorus]
And they have gone into another country
Your brightest and your best
On into the distance
Flame of our resistance
Salt of our existence
And they have gone into another country
Your brightest and your best
On and on into the distance
Flame of our resistance
Salt of our existence

[Outro]
Gone west
Gone west
Oh
Oh
Gone west