She'll take the painting in the hallway,   The one she did in jr. high   And that old lamp up in the attic,   She'll need some light to study by.      She's had 18 years to get ready for this day   She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway      Oh oh letting go   There's nothing in the way now,    Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly   And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,    It's never easy letting go.      Mother sits down at the table   So many things she'd like to do   Spend more time out in the garden   Now she can get those books read too.      She's had 18 years to get ready for this day   She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway.      Oh oh letting go   There's nothing in the way now,    Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly   And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,    It's never easy letting go.      Oh oh letting go   There's nothing in the way now,    Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly   And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,    It's never easy letting go.