Keep Your Name on Every Page

Lyrics

[Verse 1] She keeps a blue notebook in her jacket pocket Names of little places nobody talks about Takes the long way home past the bakery window Counts every cracked tile on the station route [Pre-Chorus] She doesn't need permission She doesn't wait for a sign When the door is barely open She turns the handle every time [Chorus] Girl, you walk in and the room gets wider Girl, you make a match out of a little fire No borrowed crown, no practiced smile You were already worth the while Girl, keep your name on every page Turn your small-town spark into a brighter age If they don't see what you came to do Let them watch you prove it true [Verse 2] She learned the bus schedule, saved for a camera Took one good picture of the dawn from the hill Calls her mother on Sundays by the laundromat dryers Says, "I found a way, and I think I will" [Pre-Chorus] She doesn't need permission She doesn't wait for a sign When the door is barely open She turns the handle every time [Chorus] Girl, you walk in and the room gets wider Girl, you make a match out of a little fire No borrowed crown, no practiced smile You were already worth the while Girl, keep your name on every page Turn your small-town spark into a brighter age If they don't see what you came to do Let them watch you prove it true [Bridge] Take the train with the silver seats Take the dream that won't sit still Leave a note beside the kitchen keys "I'll be back when I climb this hill" [Final Chorus] Girl, you walk in and the room gets wider Girl, you make a match out of a little fire No borrowed crown, no practiced smile You were already worth the while Girl, keep your name on every page Turn your small-town spark into a brighter age If they don't see what you came to do Let them watch you prove it true [Outro] Keep your name on every page Keep your name on every page