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Rachel left home last night |
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the city sleeps through train lights |
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stars in the sky are all that keep her alive |
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she packed up and ditched the town that saw all her ups and downs |
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she severed all ties to start all over again |
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calling all tickets |
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the train leaves in minutes |
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sits near the window |
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she turns her back on |
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the city she once called home |
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the yard where she ran through snow |
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the streets driven up and down and through and through |
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the lot where she'd stare at stars |
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the porch nights she'd count the cars |
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they're all memories of simpler times now gone |
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thinking back to the first time |
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her mom said, "I'll let you move on if you want to, |
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remember I love you." |
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[Chorus] |
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"Please just go little girl," the city calls her |
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this is your chance, this is your freedom |
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"Please don't go little girl." her father says to her |
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it won't work out, it won't be easy |
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holding back tears of joy she steps out into the world |
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the city lights look just the way they did on tv |
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she flails her arms |
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she runs both up and down the sidewalks |
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thinking back to the times when she spent it all dreaming |
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now she's found what she wanted, found what she's needed |
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[Chorus] |
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please let go little girls of everything you know |
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you start it now, you've started over |
