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.