Rachel left home last night   The city sleeps through train lights   stars in the skay are all that keep her alive   she packed up and ditched the town   that saw all her ups and downs   she severed all ties to start all over again      calling all tickets   this train leaves in minutes   sits near the window   she turns her back on      the city she once called home   the yard where she ran through snow   the streets driven up and down and through and through   the lot where she'd stare at stars   the porch nights she'd count the cars   they're all memories of simpler times now gone      thinking back to the first time    her mom said, "I'll let you move on if you want to,   remember I love you."       [Chorus]   "Please just go little girl," the city calls to her   this is your chance, this is your freedom"   "Please don't go little girl." her father says to her   it won't work out, it won't be easy      holding back tears of joy she steps out into the world   the city lights look just what they did on tv      she flails her arms    she runs both up and down the sidewalks   thinking back to the times when she spent it all dreaming   now she's found what she wanted, found what she's needed      [Chorus]      please let go little girls of everything you know   you start it now, you've started over