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One Way Ticket (Because I Can) - Lyrics by Jay-Z


Lyrics
Standing on the border

Looking out into the great unknown
I can feel my heart beating faster as I step out on my own

There's a new horizon and the promise of favorable wind
I'm heading out tonight, traveling light
I'm gonna start all over again


And buy a one-way ticket on a west bound train

See how far I can go
I'm gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain

And talk to someone I don't know
I will face the world around me

Knowing that I'm strong enough to let you go

And I will fall in love again

Because I can


Gonna climb the mountain

And look the eagle in the eye
I won't let fear clip my wings and tell me how high I can fly

How could I have ever believed

That love could be so blind

When freedom was waiting, down at the station

All I had to do was make up my mind


And buy a one-way ticket on a west bound train

See how far I can go
I'm gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain

And talk to someone I don't know
I will face the world around me

Knowing that I'm strong enough to let you go

And I will fall in love again

Because I can


Well, I have walked through the fire

And crawled on my knees through the valley of the shadow of doubt

Then the truth came shining like a light on me and now I can see my way out

I'm gonna buy a one-way ticket on a west bound train

See how far I can go
I'm gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain

And talk to someone I don't know

I'm gonna buy a one-way ticket on a west bound train

Gonna have my breakfast with some pink champagne
I'm gonna sail the ocean, I'm gonna spread my wings
I'm gonna climb that mountain, gonna do everything.

Book: Reflection on the Important Things