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[Verse 1]
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  Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
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  Who's never left home, who's never struck out
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To find a dream and a life of their own
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A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone

[Verse 2]
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Many precede and many will follow
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A young girl's dream no longer hollow
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It takes the shape of a place out west
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But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed

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

[Verse 3]
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   She travelled this road as a child
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   Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired
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But now she won't be coming back with the rest
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If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test

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

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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  As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
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  Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl"
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She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
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When she stood there and let her own folks know

[Chorus]
          D    Em    G    A
She needed wide open spaces
D        Em           G      A
 Room to make her big mistakes
       D  Em  G          A              D           Em            G   A
She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes

[Outro]
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Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
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Who's never left home, who's never struck out