Independence

Patient, Anticipation

Up til now I've been hurryin' up and waitin'

At a bug stop, in Independence

Lickin' an ice cream cone



I've been kickin'

I've been schemin'

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 grey ribbon far as I can see

And it's pullin' Independence out of me



Emancipation, paper chasin'

Leavin' with question marks and momma's blessin'

Put her picture in my pocket

Along with her rosary



Some say I'm crazy, a little loco

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 grey ribbon far as I can see



I'm bustin' out of Independence

Independence is bustin' out of me

I'm bustin' out of Independence

Independence is 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 grey ribbon far as I can see

There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can see

And it's pullin' Independence out of me.

Independence