| 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
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| 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
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| So we said goodbye in Boston
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| With that dirty water rolling on
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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
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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
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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 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
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| We’re trying, we’re trying |