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Going Once Lyrics
going once
going twice
sold to the girl who ignored all the good advice
of all the people who knew better
she just stood there
on the front porch
waiting for her (will) to come and get her
she was packed
she had a suitcase
full of noble intentions
she had a (map)
and a staight face
hell bent on reinvention
and she was ready for a long day
she was in it for it (only)
and they said "you think that you don't need us
but you're not going to get far
all your big ideas are suckers
none of them work
none of them have cars"
but she was not deterred
it was like she hadn't heard a word
and just then a primer grey el camino
pulled up to the curb
going once
going twice
down the road less taken
through the coffee
and the wd40
and the gasoline
and the beer
there was always someone there to say
why don't you just stay
and hang your hat
here
but she was packed
she had a suitcase
full of fumbles and near misses
she was swinging through a jungle
of last calls and first kisses
and she was learning
about please
about cute humilities
and then one day she looked around her
and everything up till then was showing
and she wondered how did i get here
without even knowing where i was going
and now there's no getting out of this
and there's no going back
and it all seems so odd sometimes
and the odds all seemed stacked
I think it relates to her own way of thinking when she headed out on her own to see the country "why leave the tellin' up to someone else"(lyrics from another of her songs) and I thought the lyrics were "she was ready for the LONELY-she was in it for it only" she was going off to do her own thing for a while no relationships,and it rymes better too...
it makes me happy:) because someone is geting their long awaited freedom which is needed....... you need a time where you find where ur limits are
this is such a great song, i have felt it as a personal anthem sometimes. it is amazing all the roundabout & seemingly aimless ways you travel through life & unexpectedly end up in the best of places! it is about being strong within yourself & resisting the "path of least resistance"