She left St.John's one day in May

Dressed in her Sunday best

A kind man sat beside her

While she cried her way out West



She moved in with her cousin

Found a job down in the mall

Her friends at home were jealous

Said they'd see her in the fall



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You know that she wants to try, never lets you see her cry

You know that she wants to try, she's got seagulls in her eyes



The people here seem really nice

But the winter's way too long

New friends, they don't understand

Her mother wrote "be strong"



She made some decent money

But nothing comes for free

The windy street, just can't compete

With the sky, the rocks and sea



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Her parents came at Eastertime

They wanted her to stay

But she bought a panel van

Moved home on her birthday



Her friends were pretty cynical

"Couldn't make it on your own..."

Now the sky's a little smaller

And it doesn't seem like home