D G D G
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
D G D
Who s never left home who's never struck out
G D
To find a dream and a life of their own
G A
A place in the clouds a foundation of stone
D G D G
Many precede and many will follow
D G D
A young girls dreams no longer hollow
G D
It takes the shape of a place out west
G A
What it holds for her she hasn't yet guessed
She needs
D G A
Wide open spaces
D G A
Room to make her big mistakes
D G A
She needs new faces
D G A
She knows the high stakes
D G D G
She traveled this road as a child
D G D G
Wide-eyed and grinning she never tired
G D
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
G A
If these are life lessons she'll take this test
Chorus
D G D G
As her folks drive away her dad yells check the oil
D G D
Moms stares out the window and says I'm leaving my girl
G D
She says it didn't seem all that long ago
G A
When she stood there and let her own folks know
Chorus