<P> Amarillo , Texas - based Susan Gibson wrote the song 's first lyrics in 1993 , on her first visit back home after leaving for forestry school at the University of Montana . She left the notebook containing the lyrics at home by mistake when she returned to school ; her mother found it and included it in a care package , inspiring Gibson to complete a song along the themes of leaving home . She first performed it in local clubs around the University of Montana , where it was sometimes requested . </P>
<P> Amarillo , Texas - based Susan Gibson wrote the song 's first lyrics in 1993 , on her first visit back home after leaving for forestry school at the University of Montana . She left the notebook containing the lyrics at home by mistake when she returned to school ; her mother found it and included it in a care package , inspiring Gibson to complete a song along the themes of leaving home . She first performed it in local clubs around the University of Montana , where it was sometimes requested . </P>
what is the song wide open spaces about
what is the song wide open spaces about
leaving home
leaving home