She is a young woman Trapped in her old ways She has an older lover She can't break away from So she tries to get free Make a new start Because she is a young woman Trying to be pure of heart She has a new lover lying in waiting She knows that nothing's for sure But feels herself wavering, wavering now She wants to leave her old life in the dust So a new one can catch a spark All the while trying to be pure of heart All the while trying to be pure of heart Stare at a blank canvas Or out at a road so lonely and wide Feeling the true desolation of life Ring out like a gunshot Right across that great, great divide If you want to get free If you want to escape Stare at a blank canvas Heavy in heartache Cut loose from those ties that reach out from the past Before they can pull you apart All the while trying to be pure of heart All the while trying to be pure of heart All the while, you're walking away from commitments All the while, dream of beginning anew Fighting for truth and a new way restart You are a young woman pure of heart She is a young woman Trapped in her old ways