I left my cap and gown
And faces that all knew me
I shook familiar hands
And wished them well away
We trade our homes to roam
The streets of bigger cities
When we dream the kind of dreams
That will not go away

So lay your heart out
On your mark
Get ready, go

And if anybody told you
What you gotta go through
You have to start somewhere
You have to start somewhere

We were playing the subways
Where we laughed
And learned to harmonize
Under Downtown Crossing
Where you couldn't hear the sound
And you have to face your fear
No one will ever hear you
But you learn to sing your song
When no one is around

Now the songs we sing
Run underneath
The life we know

If anybody told you
What you gotta go through
You have to start somewhere
You have to start somewhere
If anybody doubts you
What you will amount to
You have to start somewhere
You have to start somewhere

We would drive I-95
Through snow and ice at night time
Praying that we'd make it there
On-time and alive
‘Cause everything is harder
Than you think it's gonna be
And just because you want it
Doesn't mean it comes easy
There's gonna be a moment
Where you come so close
To letting it go