LeAnn Rimes, Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde collaborated for an Episode of CMT crossroads in April of 2022. This song was released in September 1996 as the third single from LeAnn Rimes’ album Blue. The single made her the fourth teen-aged country music act to score a Number One single on the U.S. Billboard country music charts.
CMT Crossroads shows the far-reaching roots of country music by pairing country artists with musicians from other genres. Each episode features a different set of stars playing together, swapping stories and sharing their common love of music.
Watch this powerful country music trio perform “One Way Ticket” and see the written lyrics below.
LeAnn Rimes, Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde “One Way Ticket” Video
This song was written by Judy Rodman and Keith Hinton.
LeAnn Rimes One Way Ticket 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 (Because I can)
I’m gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don’t know (Because I can)
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 had to 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 (Because I can)
I’m gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don’t know (Because I can)
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 (Because I can)
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 breakfest with some pink champagne
I’m gonna sail the ocean, I’m gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain
Gonna do everyting
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