Holland

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"Holland"

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We were the cliché American 
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backpackers
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Standing on the side of the road 
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in the rain
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With our cardboard sign written in 
black sharpie
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That read Am-ster-dam
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We were going to Am-ster-dam


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So we weren't surprised by the looks
 in the eyes
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Of the people in their cars when 
they passed us by
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And they gave us the middle finger
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Or the thumbs up or thumbs down


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But we stayed tough, we stood our 
ground
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And by the end of the afternoon
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We got dropped off in the middle 
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of this town


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Now everyone will tell you 'bout 
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the coffee shops
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And everyone will tell you 'bout 
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the red-light district
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But somehow up to now it seems they
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 all forgot to mention
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The millions of bikes locked to the
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 millions of bridges
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That arch up like rainbows to cross
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 the city's millions of canals
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That run down every street with the
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 houseboats nice and neat
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And the buildings lean so much you 
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think that they might fall down
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Like the rain that day that drove us
 to a stoop


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Ya gotta feel sorry for all the 
hippies
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That came here in the '60s
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Now they don't know who they are
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We watched one of them playin' flute

He was tryin' to earn some change
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We had spent all of our money for 
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that day
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We grew hungry and the rain just 
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came and came


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And oh how I wished I had some of 
those fries
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That the people were eating when 
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they passed us by
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And I closed my eyes for a minute or
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I opened them up when I got a nudge 
from you
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There was the hippie, the one with 
the flute,
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And holding in his hands was my wish
 come true
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And he handed me the whole thing
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And this whole interaction felt was
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 more like a dream
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He was readin' my mind it seemed
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Like a genie granting wishes for 
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people on the street
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And we never could have thanked him
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 enough
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I don't know if he knew how much it
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 meant to us


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And that night in a tent we counted 
all our money
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And we figured out how long we 
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could stay
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The way it looked to me we could 
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live here forever
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Sleep in the campground, eat falafel
 every day
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But that's not what we came here to
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 do
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We had so much more left to see
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And though this place felt so nice
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We made our plans to leave



And we went to this park where they 
had free bikes at the gate

Spent the day riding through the 
trees and it felt great

We were offered a place to stay on 
the floor of someone's office

But we chose to sleep beside the 
interstate


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And the sounds of the cars passing 
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by
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Put us right to sleep
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Nothin' beats layin' right under 
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the stars
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And I always feel safe when you're 
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sleepin' beside me