It takes the shape of a place out west
She knows the highest stakes
She needs wide open space
Songwriter: Susan Gibson
Wide open spaces
She says, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
Room to make her big mistakes
Wide open spaces
To find a dream and a life of their own
She knows the highest stakes
She needs new faces
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm a' leavin' my girl"
Publisher: PIE EYED GROOBEE MUSIC
She needs wide open space
She needs new faces
She knows the highest stakes
She needs new faces
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
Room to make her big mistakes
She knows the highest stakes
She needs wide open spaces
A young girl's dreams no longer hollow
If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test
Who's never left home, who's never struck out?
Many precede and many will follow
Room to make her big mistakes
She knows the highest stakes
She needs new faces
Highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
But what it holds for her, she hasn't guessed yet
Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired
When she stood there and let her own folks go
Room to make her big mistakes
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about?
She traveled this road as a child
She knows the highest stakes
Wide open spaces
As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil"
Room to make her big mistakes
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone
She needs new faces
She knows the highest stakes