Who doesn`t know what I`m talking about
Who`s never left home, never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone
Many precede and many will follow
A young girl`s dream no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out west
But what it holds for her, she hasn`t yet guessed
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She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes
She traveled this road as a child
Wide-eyed and grinning she never tired
But now she won`t be coming back with the rest
If these are life`s lessons, she`ll take this test
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As her folks drive away her dad yells, `Check the oil!`
Mom stares out the window and says,
`I`m leaving my girl.`
She says `It didn`t seem like that long ago
When she stood there and let her own folks know.`
repeat chorus
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