cross the world

we had no idea what we were in for

3 boys trying to grow up strong

but we all found great comfort in music

and the journey that carried us along

we bought an old van

borrowed a drum set

got a $40 dollar bass from the farm next door

met a french canadian in rhode island

who told us to keep our sticks down

keep our heads up

and get a lil something for

and we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world for what we had found

dropped the tranny in effingham

illinois

stealing gasoline in the freezing cold

once teenage friends

now struggling with the place where the sidewalk ends

so we said goodbye in boston

with that dirty water rolling on

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world for what we'd found

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world for what we'd found

but then you all came out in new york

for a country that was so far away

i'll tell you

i'll tell you

there's an elias in zimbabwe

who is smiling to know that his message did not fade away

and now we're trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world for what we'd found

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world

we were trying to cross the world for what we'd found

we're trying

we're trying