Expert: BethB - 8/18/2009

Question
I'm looking of the name of a county song that was popular around 1997 or earlier.  It starts out with a line something like, "She's been waiting on this day for 18 years."  It talks about the daughter's excitement about leaving home and the mother's feelings about it. It was sung by a female.

Answer
Hi Maryellen!  The song I think you're looking for is called "Letting Go" by Suzy Bogguss.  Here's a link to a live performance video and the lyrics.  Hope this helps!
--Beth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9jaTliUSBA

Artist: Suzy Bogguss
Song: Letting Go
Album: Aces

She'll take the painting in the hallway,
The one she did in jr. high
And that old lamp up in the attic,
She'll need some light to study by.

She's had 18 years to get ready for this day
She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway

Oh oh letting go
There's nothing in the way now,
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,
It's never easy letting go.

Mother sits down at the table
So many things she'd like to do
Spend more time out in the garden
Now she can get those books read too.

She's had 18 years to get ready for this day
She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway.

Oh oh letting go
There's nothing in the way now,
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,
It's never easy letting go.

Oh oh letting go
There's nothing in the way now,
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,
It's never easy letting go.