Marilyn Oakley - Big World Dreams Lyrics

Does she dare explore outside the city line
Can she reach beyond her curiosity
Visit places she's only read about
Life outside that borderline lies a mystery

She could fly a airplane or act on Broadway
Be a lawyer or lead a rock-and-roll band
Would her parents say to her go ahead
Make your mark, find your place in that promise land

Big world dreams in a small town girl
Seemed impossible to reach
But all God's children have a chance
At least that's what they teach
Her very first step she took on her own
Since then there's no holding her back
She wants to fly from New York to Rome
Give that old jet stream a whirl
Big world dreams in a small-town girl

High school grad, time to move on, find herself
Fantasies, realities within her mind
Life can be scary but she can't deny the world
What she has to give she feels it's her time

Big world dreams in a small town girl
Seemed impossible to reach
But all God's children have a chance
At least that's what they teach
Her very first step she took on her own
Since then there's no holding her back
She wants to fly from New York to Rome
Give that old jet stream a whirl
Big world dreams in a small-town girl

Here I am a year later down the road
Whoever thought a dream would unfold
Now I can share this song and many more
Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me explore
You can hear me sing all over the world
Not bad for a small-town girl

Big world dreams in a small town girl
Seemed impossible to reach
But all God's children have a chance
At least that's what they teach
I took my first step on my own
Since then there's no holding me back
Flew from New York to Rome
Gave that old jet stream a whirl
Big world dreams in a small-town girl