Heading west, she’s driving through the empty land alone

Left behind — the only home that she has every known

Where she’s going she don’t know

Only knows she has to go

 

Stops for gas and wonders ‘bout the road that lies ahead

All she knows, it won’t be like the sheltered life she’s led

She’s a little unprepared

More than just a little scared

 

But she’s steady as she goes

Leaving and she’s steady as she goes

A little money and some clothes

And she’s steady as she goes

Yeah, she’s steady as she goes

 

Breaking up with the boy she’d known forever—that was rough

But for her good enough just wasn’t good enough

When there’s nothing left to say

There’s no reason left to stay 

 

So she’s steady as she goes

She’s leaving and she’s steady as she goes

She’ll take the river as it flows

Steady as she goes

 

Sometimes you break your own heart

Pick up the pieces and you start again

That’s the only way she knows

Steady as she goes

Yeah, she’s steady as she goes

 

She calls her folks, says she’s all right

Then she drives on through the night

Steady as she goes 

Yeah she’s steady as she goes

It’s the only way she knows

Steady as she goes

Yeah, she's steady as she goes

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Copyright Tim O'Brien, all rights reserved

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Recorded at Wild Sound Studios, Minneapolis

Steve Kaul, Recording Engineer

Pete Johnson, Drums

Richard Krien, Bass and Violin

Tim O'Brien, Piano

Lead Vocal, Maura Whelan

Backup Vocals, Tim O'Brien, Maura Whelan