I saw her perform in March 2007 (twice), and she introduced this song by saying that she herself had grown up in small-town Pennsylvania, and was eager to see life beyond that town. So it seems sort of autobiographical. She also mentions in between songs about how she drove to LA on her own, and that is was a sort of intimidating experience. So I think the song is also a lullaby to herself and young people like her who travel far from home and family, cope with loneliness in order to pursue a dream: patiently singing and writing songs in Hollywood, in hopes of making it big...
I saw her perform in March 2007 (twice), and she introduced this song by saying that she herself had grown up in small-town Pennsylvania, and was eager to see life beyond that town. So it seems sort of autobiographical. She also mentions in between songs about how she drove to LA on her own, and that is was a sort of intimidating experience. So I think the song is also a lullaby to herself and young people like her who travel far from home and family, cope with loneliness in order to pursue a dream: patiently singing and writing songs in Hollywood, in hopes of making it big...