Fifteen steps and the backpack bursts

This whole night's gone from bad to worse

Sixteen years she's been on this earth

And never, never once felt at home

Mom and dad think that's something's wrong

Maybe they're right, she don't belong

She pulled the pin in junior high

The thoughts come out of nowhere, she wants to know where she can fly

She can fly

Night after night, pacing back and forth

She's gotta get out, gotta get up north

The town's a dump, her room's a cage

She'll never get out of working minimum wage

God only knows where she comes from

She picks up her clothes, sticks out her thumb

Car after car passes her by

She's in the middle of nowhere, she wants to know where she can fly

Each and every night, that's when she takes flight

Soaring higher, never looking down

And each and every day, she puts her dreams away

And she can't wait to get out of this town

Fifteen steps and the back pack bursts

This whole night's gone from bad to worse

Sixteen years she's been on this earth

And there's no future for her

Until she can fly