Well I tried but I can't run no more

Tell Katie it's her that I adore

And as long as I love her best

I'm that much further west



And since she's been gone

I've done less right than I've done wrong

But I an't that much worse than the rest

I'm just that much further west



And the boys they don't need my help

They can play these songs by themselves

Well I ain't that much worse than the rest

I'm that much further west



And the west is the only sky that's blue

Tell Katie that I'll see her soon

Until then the only thoughts that I have left

Are that much further west