Who doesnt know what Im talking about?
Whos never left home? Whos 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 girls dreams no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out West
But what it holds for her, she hasnt yet guessed
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 wont be coming back with the rest
If these are lifes lessons, shell take this test
She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes
She knows the high stakes
And as her folks drive away, her dad yells, Check the oil!
Mom stares out the window and says, Im leavin my girl
She said, It didnt seem like that long ago
When she stood there and let her own folks know
She needed wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes wide open spaces
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes wide open spaces