set out on the voyage of the conquering fools  looking for the gold and the modern day jewels  it come to pass what was stuck in my head  if i didn't quit on looking then i'm probably dead  i hit the road and i rolled up north  looking for the origin, the place of my birth  i didn't notice when i ran a red sign  hoping that everything would really be fine  uh huh huh    people come and people go  but they never know what is going on  so they gotta try to be what they wanna be  what the hell is happening to me    i hit the road and i rolled up north  looking for the origin, the place of my birth  i didn't notice when i ran a red sign  hoping that everything would really be fine  i set out about an hour ago  looking for some gold, said hey oh  then i went down looking for the big  the big brass show  so i went and then he started to go  walking down the same old, same old road  thinking to myself, this is quite a struggle  what can i gotta do tomorrow  gonna find that gold  and conquer me some fools  hey hey, hey oh    conquering fools  conquering fools  conquer some fools  hey we're conquering fools