Wide Open

The corner café She scrapes some quarters off the table Says, thanks yeah, now maybe I'll be able To get that black Mercedes I've been saving for The other girls say You outta undue a couple buttons Start showing off a little something She says no, you go ahead Think I'd rather stay poor See, I'm just making rent She said this ain't where my road ends This may not be my town It'll do for now 'Til I can figure out Who I am Where I'm going She's slinging eggs and bacon With a college education Just hanging out and waiting For a better plan She's ok not knowing She's young And the world's wide open There's a rusty old ford Lives out back behind the diner Sitting there waiting on her to make her mind up It tends to sling a little gravel And take her who knows where Maybe head out west It's in God's hands, I guess This may not be my town It'll do for now 'Til I can figure out Who I am Where I'm going She's slinging eggs and bacon With a college education Just hanging out and waiting For a better plan She's ok not knowing She's young And the world's wide open She throws down that apron Takes the money she's been making Her life's out there waiting Got a better plan That's where she's going She's young And the world's wide open