Route 14 Box 308  She said goodbye at the cattle-guard gate  Hoping she would find her a 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.    Driving on that two lane road hoping she might find  A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind    Moving upstairs, downtown  Life's too short to be hanging around  She's eighteen and it's time she got out of the wood  She's getting out while the getting'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 waiting just outside  As she's thumbing through the classifieds  Looking for work and any old job's okay    Driving on that cross-town freeway hoping she might find  A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind    Living upstairs, downtown  Life's too short to be hanging around  She's eighteen and it's time she got out of the wood  She's getting out while the getting's good    Then she lost her job at the grocery store  And the wolf came knocking at the door  The red notice said they turned off her telephone  There's nothing left for her to do so she's packed up a thing or two  Loaded her car down, now she's headed home    Driving on that two lane road hoping she might find  A whole lot more waiting up ahead than what she left behind    Living upstairs, downtown  Life's too short to be hanging around  She's eighteen and it's time she got back to the wood  She's getting out while the getting's good