On Your Own

He said you better think about this now

Though you won't listen anyhow

There's so much more you don't yet know

And soon you'll feel that cold wind blow

By then you will be out there on your own

But that was back when I still knew it all

And the pride was not connected to the fall

Had to leave the town that I'd outgrown

For the glory of the open road

Couldn't wait to be out there on my own

On your own, that's when you really learn

Looking back, you'll see where you should have turned

'Cause it's harder now to find your way back home

On your own

Now my memories are like to postcards to myself

Some beautiful and some pushed back on a shelf

It was a crooked road through parts unknown

Where setbacks turned to stepping stones

That's what you get for traveling on your own

On your own, that's when you really learn

Looking back, you'll see where you should have turned

'Cause it's harder now to find your way back home

On your own

On your own, that's when you really learn

Looking back, you'll see where you should have turned

Realize how much faster time has flown

And it's harder now to find your way back home

On your own