Just 18

Just 18 (Lyrics)

She left home at just 18
With 100 bucks and a youthful dream
Thought that she knew everything
When she left home at just 18

Mom and Dad begged her not to go
Said, “You’re too young to be on the road
Life will give you a heavy load
When you’re 18 and you’re on the road”

She played every honky yonk and every local dive
Saved her money working days at the five & dime

Now she’s singing from the Opry stage
The songs she writes are all the rage
She’s thinking she might have it made

Singing from the Opry stage
She calls home every week or so
Things she wants her folks to know
They were right about that heavy load
She thought her mom and dad should know

She played every honky tonk and every local dive
Saved her money working days at the five & dime

She left home at just 18
With 100 bucks and a youthful dream
Thought that she knew everything
When she left home at just 18
When she left home at Just 18