Dixie Chicks
This was one of the first country songs that I got into. Prior to the Dixie Chicks and Deanna Carter I hated country music altogether. My sister introduced my to the song “Strawberry Wine” by Deanna Carter and then this song from the Dixie Chicks and that was the beginning of my love for country music. I relate to the need to go out and explore life on one’s own, especially since I had always been dependent on my parents or nurses to guide me through life. As I became more independent through breathing on my own during the daytime and not needing daytime nurses anymore, as well as getting a service dog, this song became one of several that encouraged me to go out and be brave and see what life had in store for me. The fact that I grew up out west also forms a connection with me as well.
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 dreams no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out west
But what it holds for her she hasn’t guessed yet
She needs, wide open spaces
Room to make the big mistakes
She needs, new faces
She knows the highest 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 needed, wide open spaces
Room to make the big mistakes
She needs, new faces
She knows the highest 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 I left long ago”
When she stood there and let her own folks go
She needed, wide open spaces
Room to make the big mistakes
She needs, new faces
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes (repeat)
This was one of the first country songs that I got into. Prior to the Dixie Chicks and Deanna Carter I hated country music altogether. My sister introduced my to the song “Strawberry Wine” by Deanna Carter and then this song from the Dixie Chicks and that was the beginning of my love for country music. I relate to the need to go out and explore life on one’s own, especially since I had always been dependent on my parents or nurses to guide me through life. As I became more independent through breathing on my own during the daytime and not needing daytime nurses anymore, as well as getting a service dog, this song became one of several that encouraged me to go out and be brave and see what life had in store for me. The fact that I grew up out west also forms a connection with me as well.
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 dreams no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out west
But what it holds for her she hasn’t guessed yet
She needs, wide open spaces
Room to make the big mistakes
She needs, new faces
She knows the highest 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 needed, wide open spaces
Room to make the big mistakes
She needs, new faces
She knows the highest 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 I left long ago”
When she stood there and let her own folks go
She needed, wide open spaces
Room to make the big mistakes
She needs, new faces
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes (repeat)
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