The Chance

I found a book that my mama kept
 Filled with secrets she hid
 And in a dusty old attic, one mornin I read
 About a woman I never met
 Who had dreams just like mine
 With every page that I turned, the words came alive
 Chorus:
 Wish I could roll out of town like a run-away train
 I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane
 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
 If I just had the chance
 A tear fell on that faded page
 Cause this was somebody else
 Not the mama I knew who never thought of herself
 But the times, they were different then
 And lines just didn't get crossed
 And these words that she wrote, they somehow got lost
 Chorus:
 Wish I could roll out of town like a run-away train
 I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane
 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
 If I just had the chance
 The chance that she never had
 Is now the gift that is mine
 And out here on this road, I'm makin up for lost time
 Yeah, I am my mother's child
 And tonight in this car
 I've got her words in my suitcase and her dreams in my heart
 Chorus:
 As I roll out of town like a run-away train
 I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane
 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
 While I still have the chance
 I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
 While I still have the chance