We had no idea what we were in for 3 boys trying to grow up strong But we all found great comfort in the 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 far 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, Let that dirty water roll 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