Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces Lyrics

Wide Open Spaces Lyrics

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 

[Chorus:] 
She needs wide open spaces 
Room to make her big mistakes 
She needs new faces 
She knows the high stakes 

She travelled 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 

[Repeat Chorus]
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 says, It didn't seem like that long ago 
When she stood there and let her own folks know 

[Repeat Chorus] 
She knows the high stakes 
She knows the high stakes 
She knows the high stakes 
She knows the high stakes