[Verse 1] Who doesnt know what Im talkin about Whos never left home, whos never struck out To find a dream and a life of their own A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone [Verse 2] Many precede and many will follow A young girls dreams no longer hollow It takes the shape of a place out west But what it holds for her, she hasnt yet guessed [Chorus] She needs, wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes She needs, new faces She knows the high stakes [Verse 3] She traveled this road as a child Wideeyed and grinning, she never tired But now she wont be coming back with the rest If these are lifes lessons, shell take this test [Chorus] She needs, wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes She needs, new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes [Bridge] Ah ah ah Ah ah ah [Verse 4] As her folks drive away her dad yells, Check the oil Mom stares out the window and says, Im leavin my girl She said, It didnt seem like that long ago When she stood there and let her own folks know [Chorus] She needed, wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes She needs, new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes She knows the highest stakes [Outro] Wide open spaces She knows the highest stakes She knows the highest stakes Wide open spaces
stake, ah, space, wide, open