Wide Open Songtext
von Jay Bennett

You always thought it was blood
But it was only red wine
And that just goes to prove you′re not the same girl
At the same bar ordering the same drink at closing time

Your refrigerator magnets
I'm holding as evidence against you
I′ll present them to a jury of your peers
Before you that would be impossible to do

But the wide open spaces
Turn out just to be wide
And to me that just proves that fear
Now is where to practice being kind

Your plumber stickers
I bump into them every place I go to
Do you think that page rising at a radiating whistle
Is what Jesus would do?


Shine teeth and you flash your new smile
Trying to conceal but knowing all while
They're more than just your pictures on file
There are no small places
Just small minds
And if the word of wisdom you fail
To kiss somebody else will find

You think you're ageless and timeless
But the truth is that even your beauty will fade
But you′ve done so well and taught yourself to be so reckless
Or is that just what God made?

But the wide open spaces
Turn out just to be wide
And to me that just proves that fear
Now is where to practice being kind

Every memory of beauty
Battles each yardstick of time
And every second of every minute of every hour of every day
Brings you closer to the back of the line

But there are no small faces
Just long lines
And every moment of life you waste
Becomes somebody else′s time


And the wide open spaces you thought were yours
I thought were mine
And the love that held us together
We lost somewhere along the climb