The Girl from Oklahoma
Journey of Reflection: The Girl from Oklahoma's Quest for Inner Peace
Lyrics
Turn the key and lock the past up
Turning the key and locking away past experiences or memories.
Down the street the moon just lit up
The moon lighting up the street, possibly symbolizing a new beginning or revelation.
All your memories leave you so low
Memories causing a sense of sadness or melancholy.
High up on a hill you look out
Being in a high place, reflecting on troubles that seem to spread out.
All your troubles seem to fan out
Troubles dissipating or becoming less significant under the sky.
Underneath the clouds that go and go
Observing the continuous movement of clouds.
Every time she felt too much
A person experiencing overwhelming emotions.
Every time he made her cry
A person causing emotional pain or distress to someone else.
Across the dessert wilderness
A journey across a desert-like, challenging terrain.
She felt her mother try, to hold her world so still-
A mother attempting to provide stability and support to her daughter.
-no harm came to her
No harm coming to the daughter despite difficulties.
Nothing to be done but head out on the open road
No alternative but to embark on a journey or adventure.
The highway signs that faintly spell out the distance left to go
Highway signs indicating the remaining distance to travel.
Every town she passes up, she thinks about the lives
Reflecting on the lives of people in each town passed.
That chase that phantom happiness that always seems to hide
The pursuit of elusive happiness that always seems elusive.
And all the time it promises to thrill you.
The promise of thrill from the journey.
Drive all day and night through California
Driving continuously through California.
In the morning she'll arrive in Arizona
Anticipating arrival in Arizona the next morning.
Alone again the girl from Oklahoma
Being alone again, emphasizing the solitude of the girl from Oklahoma.
Is headed home
Heading back home after the journey.
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