Lyric Upstairs, Downtown

Route 14 Box 308
She said goodbye at the cattle-guard gate
Hoping she would find her a place in the world
With her mind made up and tears in her eyes
It almost made her daddy cry
He said don t forget to call when you get there girl.

Driving on that two lane road hoping she might find
A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind

Moving upstairs, downtown
Life s too short to be hanging around
She s eighteen and it s time she got out of the wood
She s getting out while the getting s good

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, old world waiting just outside
As she s thumbing through the classifieds
Looking for work and any old job s okay

Driving on that cross-town freeway hoping she might find
A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind

Living upstairs, downtown
Life s too short to be hanging around
She s eighteen and it s time she got out of the wood
She s getting out while the getting s good

Then she lost her job at the grocery store
And the wolf came knocking at the door
The 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

Driving on that two lane road hoping she might find
A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind

Living upstairs, downtown
Life s too short to be hanging around
She s eighteen and it s time she got back to the wood
She s getting out while the getting s good