She's spent a lifetime in this one horse town Slowly dying since the mill closed down There's something out there past a city limit sign The mysteries concealed just beyond the county line A beat up cardboard box contains the sum of eighteen years The screen door's final slam leaves its ringing in her ears She climbs behind the wheel of that old car in the drive It stutters groans and mumbles as the engine roars to life Break away, oh spread your wings and fly Break away and leave this town behind You'll find your place and I know you'll do just fine But it's time to break away, it's time to break away and start a brand new life The tires on the asphalt sing their melancholy song She crosses the horizon and she knows she's really gone Inside she knows she's not the first to face the world out there But so many didn't make it, they all ended up back here Break away, oh spread your wings and fly Break away and leave this town behind You'll find your place and I know you'll do just fine But it's time to break away, to break away and start a brand new life And I know your feelings are a mix of love and hate The tangled up emotions that you can't quite separate In time the sharp wounds soften down into a faded scar The places that we come from helps to make us who we are Break away, oh spread your wings and fly Break away, and leave this town behind You'll find your place and I know you'll do just fine But it's time to break away, to break away and start a brand new life