Who doesn't know what I'm talking about Who's never left home, 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 CHORUS: 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 this test CHORUS: 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 I left long ago" When she stood there and let her own folks go CHORUS: She needs wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes She needs new faces She knows the high stakes