I hears this song for the first time when I was in Berlin at a kareoke club. All my new aussie friends were singing it and as I sat there listening to the words and singing along - kareoke - I fell in love with the song. the lyrics are perfect for what I have felt this year, and what I have experienced too. I think this is what life should be about for everyone. And even though my year has almost reached it's end - life has only just begun. Coming here, getting away from home, living it up on my own, growing and learning.. the dixie chicks have really got it right on spot here. :)
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home, who's 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
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
She knows the high stakes
As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl"
She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
When she stood there and let her own folks know
She needed Wide open spaces - -
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