When I was a little boy, I felt so alone   Quiet country house that I had to call home   Living with a couple of folks, rich millionaires   Sat on their money; Lord, it seems they didn't care      Finally we moved to our own place   where I could walk around with a smile on my face,   and I knew in order to be a man   I had to pull up my roots and move on in this land      I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there   I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there      Came to a school in the big city   Looked around at the lights and I thought they were pretty   They told me and teached me to live by their rules   So I wouldn't be nobody's fool      I found out, not too long   Their rules wouldn't let me sing my song   I knew in order to be a man   I had to pull up my roots once again and move on in this land      I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there   I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there      I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there   I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there      Then I joined the college ranks   There they said they'd teach me how to think   They gave me books to read and papers to write   They didn't know about this boy's coming fight      But I found out after awhile   reading those books was making me lose my smile   I knew in order to not conceal   I had to play music and express what I feel      I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there   I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there      I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there   I'm gonna move away from here   You can find me if you wanna go there