And just like that she has her driver’s license.
That sigh of relief that I no longer have to drive her everywhere is quickly followed by a gasp of panic knowing that I no longer have to drive her everywhere.
When will we talk? How will I know her favorite songs? How will I know what’s going on in her life? Why is she barely home now?
Deep breaths mamas. It’s her turn, you’ve had yours.
Time to pour yourself your favorite libation and turn on some Dixie Chicks.
She’ll be back.
Wide Open Spaces by the 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's 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 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 needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes, yeah
Ah, ah, ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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 a-that long ago
When she stood there and let her own folks know
She needed wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
Wide open spaces (yeah)
(Room to make her big mistakes)
(She needs new faces)
(She knows the highest stakes)
(She knows the highest stakes)
Wide open spaces
(Room to make her big mistakes)
(She needs new faces)
(She knows the highest stakes)
(She knows the highest stakes)
She knows the highest stakes
Highest stakes
