Cross The River

A hot cloud was hangin'around

We were a rowdy crowd

Drinkin'beer and smokin' at the end of the pier

Danny was shufflin' through a magazine

Clippin'out pictures of a car

To get us out of here

Laura was hounding him to get a bike

Warning him the time was now

Or he'd be out on his ear, she'd disappear

If only we could cross the river

We couldn't get a jump-start on life

The whispers across the Hudson

Grow louder in our ears

Louder in our ears every night

We were all somewhat out of school

Jersey by birth, relaxing but not on a holiday

An appalling amount of time spent at the mall

Not a tragedy, but not exactly the Milky Way

Looking for a bigger laugh, a better store,

A cutter guy, a shorter working day, better pay

If only we could cross the river

We couldn't get a jump-start on life

The whispers across the Hudson

Grow louder in our ears

Louder in our ears

Louder in our ears every night

When Laura and Danny broke up

She set her sights on Billy Stone

Well, I had just split from Jonathan

So by chance, I was all alone

Danny and I got along as well

We spent hours on the phone

Just talkin'on the phone

When I was twenty and crazy as a joke

I went to bed with a broker

When I was broke

I got used to doormen and limousines

And Christmas cards from friends signed by a machine

And woman, they were calling me "Ma'am"

As they cleaned up after me

If only we could cross the river

But something is holding us back

A way of life that's too familiar

Like the lines are to the railroad track

If only we could cross the river

We couldn't get a jump-start on life

The whispers across the Hudson

Grow louder in our ears

Louder in our ears every night

Dear Laura, I know it's been years

Since I crossed the bridge back to the Palisades

How are your kids?

Mine are both swell little fellas

Here are some clippings of me and Brad

At a charity ball and a White House sup

I've perfected my smile for the camera

Chin is up

I miss you all so much

If only I could cross the river

But something me holding us back

A way of life that's too familiar

Like the lines are to the railroad

Lines are to the railroad

If only we could cross the river

We couldn't get a jump-start on life

The whispers across the Hudson

Grow louder in our ears

Louder in our ears

If only we could cross the river

But something is holding us back

A way of life that's too familiar

Like the lines are to the railroad

Lines are to the railroad

Railroad track