independence

patient anticipation

up till now i've been hurry up and waiting

at a bus stop in independence licking an ice cream cone

i've been kicking i've been scheming

this is as close as i've ever been to leaving

five blocks away

a stone's throw from home

but i'm as good as gone

i gotta get gone

gone

gone

shooting like a gun

a gun

a gun

skipping like a stone

stone

stone

far as i can run to where freedom is free

there's a road like a long gray ribbon far as i can see

and it's pulling independence out of me

emancipation or paper chasing

leaving with question marks and momma's blessing

put her picture in my pocket along with her rosary

some say i'm crazy

a little loco

and most of my friends will live and die in this zip code

it might be for me but until i go

how am i ever supposed to know?

i gotta get gone

gone

gone

shooting like a gun

a gun

a gun

skipping like a stone

stone

stone

far as i can run to where freedom is free

there's a road like a long gray ribbon far as i can see

i'm busting out of independence

independence's busting out of me

i'm busting out of independence

independence's busting out of me

i gotta get gone

gone

gone

shooting like a gun

a gun

a gun

skipping like a stone

stone

stone

far as i can run to where freedom is free

there's a road like a long gray ribbon far as i can see

there's a road like a long gray ribbon far as i can see

and it's pulling independence out of me. independence.