Independence

Independence

The Band Perry

Patient anticipation
Up 'til now I've been hurry up and waiting
At a bus stop in Independence
Lickin' an ice cream cone
I've been kickin', I've been schemin'
And this is as close as I've ever been to leavin'
Five blocks away a stone's throw from home
But I'm as good as gone

I gotta get gone, gone, gone
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun
Skippin' 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 pullin' Independence out of me

Emancipation, paper chasin'
Leaving with question marks and mama's blessin'
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
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun
Skippin' 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 bustin' out of Independence
Independence bustin' out of me
I'm bustin' out of Independence
Independence bustin' out of me

I gotta get gone, gone, gone
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun
Skippin' 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 pullin' Independence out of me
Independence