[Introduction (Spoken): Barbara Parkins]
You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls. It's a brutal climb to reach that peak. You stand there, waiting for the rush of exhilaration, but it doesn't come. You're alone. And the feeling of loneliness is overpowering. I never meant to start that climb. I took the first step when I left New England and headed for New York. It wasn't easy to leave that wonderful house. I wanted a marriage like Mom and Dad's, but not yet. First I wanted new experiences, new faces, new surroundings. Lawrenceville would be there forever...

[Verse 1]
Got to get off, gonna get
Have to get off all alone
Got to found out, gonna find
Need to find life on my own

[Verse 2]
When will I know, where will I
How will I know what I'll be?
If I don't go, if I can't
If I don't go where I'm free?

[Bridge]
Somewhere ahead, waits a hope, waits a heart
That will know how I yearn, know how I yearn
Yearn for a dream, for a face with a smile
And a look of concern, what will I learn?

[Verse 3]
Tell me, what will I know? What will I see?
When will I return?