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