A song with no lyrics.....

I am sure this has happened to you at least once in your lifetime. You listen to a song, like the song, perhaps even bop your head. But the words and the meaning just doesn't seem to register. Well, there is a song that came out yeeeeeeaaaarrrrsss ago (well...not that long ago, but not, like, last year). The song is Wide Open Spaces by the Dixie Chicks. I had always enjoyed the melodious tune and the harmonious voices, but I never truly listened to the song.

Today, I finally listened to it and I could not relate better to this song. It is a song about a girl who needs to get out, make mistakes, meet new people, and even though she knows there may be reprecussions, she still wants to go out and try it. Earlier this month, I posted something I found on a website about what my birthdate means, and it could not have been more accurate. (See "here" if you have not yet read that post) Well, that table ended up being very accurate, because I DO need change, I DO need to switch up my routine every now and then because I get restless. This song is the perfect example of why I made the big move that I did when I was so young. This song, written so many years ago, was written for me. This song is me.

Wide Open Spaces

Dixie Chicks

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 the test

She needs wide open spaces

Room to make her big mistakes

She needs new faces

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."

She needs wide open spaces

Room to make her big mistakes

She needs new faces

She knows the high stakes