Intro
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We had no idea what we were in for
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3 boys trying to grow up strong
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But we all found great comfort in music
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And the journey that carried us along
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We bought an old van, borrowed a drum set
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Got a $40 dollar bass from the farm next door
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Met a French Canadian in Rhode Island
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Who told us to keep our sticks down, keep our heads up, and get a lil something for
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And we were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world for what we had found
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Dropped the tranny in Effingham, Illinois
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Stealing gasoline in the freezing cold
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Once teenage friends
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Now struggling with the place where the sidewalk ends
So we said goodbye in Boston
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With that dirty water rolling on
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And we were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world for what we had found
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And we were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world for what we had found
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But then you all came out in New York
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For a country that was so far away
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I'll tell you, I'll tell you, there's an Elias in Zimbabwe
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Who is smiling to know that his message did not fade away
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And now we're trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found
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We're trying (ooh)
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We're trying (ooh)
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We're trying (ooh)
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We're trying (ooh)
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We're trying (ooh)
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We're trying (ooh)
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We were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world
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We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found
[Outro]
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