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Intro

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Verse 1

I found a book that my mama kept

Filled with secrets she hid

And in a dusty old attic, one mornin' I read

About a woman I never met

Who had dreams just like mine

 With every page I turned, the words came alive

Chorus

 Wish I could roll out of town like a runaway train

 I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane

 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

 If I just had the chance

Verse 2

A tear fell on that faded page

Cause this was somebody else

Not the Mama I knew who never thought of herself

But the times, they were different then

And lines just didn't get crossed

 And these words that she wrote, they somehow got lost

Chorus

 Wish I could roll out of town like a runaway train

 I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane

 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

 If I just had the chance

Verse 3

The chance that she never had

Is now the gift that is mine

And out here on this road, I'm makin' up for lost time

Yeah, I am my mother's child

And tonight in this car

 I got her words in my suitcase and her dreams in my heart

Chorus

 As I roll out of town like a runaway train

 I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane

 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

 While I still have the chance

 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance

 While I still have the chance