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Upstairs Downtown

In the style of

Toby Keith

Lyrics

route 14 box 308
she said goodbye
at the cattle guard
gate, hopin' she
would find her
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

drivin' on that
two lane road
hopin' she might find
a whole lot more
waiting up ahead
than what she
left behind

movin' upstairs
downtown
life's too short to be
hangin' around

she's eighteen and
it's time she got out
of the woods, she's
gettin' out while
the gettin'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 waitin' just
outside as she's
thumbin' through
the classifieds
lookin' for work and
any old job's o.k.

drivin' on that cross
town freeway
hopin' she might find
a whole lot more
waiting up ahead
than what she
left behind

livin' upstairs
downtown
life's too short
to be hangin' around

she's eighteen and
it's time she got out
of the woods, she's
gettin' out while
the gettin's good

then she lost
her job at the
grocery store
and the wolf came
knockin' at the door

red notice said
they turned off
her telephone
there's nothin' left
for her to do

so she's packed up
a thing or two
and loaded her
car down now she's
headed home

drivin' on that
two lane road
hopin' she might find
a whole lot more
waiting up ahead
than what she
left behind

livin' upstairs
downtown
life's too short
to be hangin' around
she's eighteen
and it's time she got
back to the woods

she's gettin' out
while the gettin's
good

Details

• Duration : 4:24
• Key : D
• Genre : Country
• Year released : 1995
• Language : English

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