Ballad of a Young Troubadour

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 I left T.O. quite some time ago
 Sometime in the spring
 With just a knapsack and a six string
 I'd made this deal
 I was barely 17
 Armed with delusions of a dream
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 Hitchhiked for days
 All along the Northwest
 With no knowledge in my chest, of ways and means and schemes
 By the time I hit Seattle, I arrived by train
 It was called the Empire Builder
 I don't know how it got its name
 Not even old enough to drink, but I always found a way
 Often stumbling out onto the street
 The moon shining on my back, singing
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 In a few more years
 I would try again
 This time with my friends who shared much of the same
 The same sense of wonder or desire for faith
 As the white lines hurdle past the asphalt
 How quickly that would change
 We headed out on the 401 feeling no pain
 Until one day, somehow, that would all turn to shame
 So much was in us at the time, it helped me to close my mind
 And try not to think at all, as we braced for the fall
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 All the good that was promised in life was taken so easily
 Turns out reality wasn't cracked up to be, what it was meant to be
 When in doubt, I look back to when I was 17
 And all those miles and miles and miles that I've seen
 Each inch of pavement has a story to tell
 Some I can't recall, others I remember all too well
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