INTRO: VERSE: Route 14, Box 308, she said goodbye at the cattle-guard gate, Hopin' she would find her a place in the world With her mind made up and tears in her eyes, she almost made her daddy cry he said, "Don't forget to call when you get there girl." PRE-CHORUS: Drivin' on that 2-lane road hopin' she might find A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind CHORUS: Moving' up-stairs, down-town, life's too short to be hanging a-round She's 18 and it's time she got out of the woods She's gettin' out while the gettin's good VERSE: All bills paid and a room with a view, she's unpacked a dish or two She just got her phone turned on today There's a big ol' world waitin' just outside as she's thumbin through the classifides, lookin' for work at any old job's okay PRE-CHORUS: Drivin' on that cross-town freeway, hopin' she might find A whole lot more waitin' up ahead than what she left behind CHORUS: Moving' up-stairs, down-town, life's too short to be hanging a-round She's 18 and it's time she got out of the woods She's gettin' out while the gettin's good VERSE: And she lost her job at the grocery store and the wolf came knocking at the door red notice said they turned off her telephone There's nothing left for her to do so she's packed up a thing or two, Loaded her car down now she's headed home PRE-CHORUS: Drivin' on that 2-lane road hopin' she might find A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind CHORUS 2: Moving' up-stairs, down-town, life's too short to be hanging a-round She's 18 and it's time she got back to the woods -FADE She's gettin' out while the gettin's good