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CWe knew our streGam would leadAm to a bigger stFream And eventually the river, and out to the sea It never seemed like a possibility That we could go beyond our boundaries CBeyond my moGther's screamCs F G
We jumped over fences and we cut some down As the stream got deeper and winded around When we finally made it to its mouth We stood in silence in what we had found We were afraid to make a sound C G Am F (smoother strumming) There was this warning, written in red This is the land of the cynics, keep out and then his master said We should not do this now huh? No we should turn around No we should not do this now huh? No we should turn around
CMake some plans then come baGck and attCack CWe went to schGool and we toAmld the gFang We all met up the next Saturday Armed to the team with BB guns, Rambo knives and machetes CWe were a wiGcked little teaCm F G
CWe marched Gbeside the nAmew found strFeam There were an offence on the trees We found their club so easily We ripped up everything CWe showed nGo merCcy F G
CWe painteGd lighAmtening bFolts And we left a note to let our enemies know that this war has begun We said, you got no rights to post that kind of sign This woods does not belong to you or anyone CAnd your warnings dGon't scarCe uFs G
DmBecausAme, we EmoveAm silently We hide in the shadows of the trees and we will not be seen We can disarm the traps, just set, set our own that you will trip Our arrows will fly straighter This woods does not belong to anyone, but if it must it will belong to us DmWe haAmve wonE thisAm day, you should know our names DmWe are the GAmladiatEors C
FWe made maGps, we gave naCmes to all the paAmths We found the place that gave our little town its name It looked like a castle but it was where they made the cement at FTo us it was sGuch a magic pClace
FWe made a temple out of wGood and we filCled it with the Ambones That we found in the woods so people would leave us alone We were young, we were dumb, we were having so much fun The new kings of the new kingdom
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AmWe enjoyed oGur victoryC AmWe got a messaGge from some onCe-named GypFsy
He said your bones do not scare me This war's not over and I think that we should meet
CThe temple, this FGriday at 3 C EI woke up early before scFhool and I ran back to the Cspot It was filled with traps,G just like I thought I tore them up and left a note and said is this some kind of joke? There's much more to us than just old bones CAnd the top of the Gcastle is wheFre we would meet next This time the time and the place were things that we picked We said no weapons, we said no tricks We did the best to hide the fact that we were just some little kids CWe were justG some little Ckids
CI was scaGred whenAm I saw himF He looked much older and I thought that he might be a Vet His master climbed the wall and saw he had a rifle hidden on a rope hanging in the pit CWe saiGd no weaponCs FandG we called him out on it
CHe didn't kGnow how I coAmuld know untilF he turned around His master had climbed up right behind him And didn't make a sound CAnd weG really ChadF hiGm now
DmWe talked foAmr a while wEith this strCanger about the natives of this land, our gangs, and nature We got home again We didn't know what to think of him But it seemed like the war was over and the trees held no more danger CI was sad tGo see it Cgo
FA few days lGater I ran in Cto him aAmlone At the place that used to be his old gang's base He told me stories of their glory days Before his friends grew up or they moved away EAnd we decided that day that we woAmuld build something CWe would build it together, it would represent our truce And as I got to know him, it got easy to see that he was just a kid who loved the woods like me CHe was a friend, he was nGot an enemCy
CWe made our eGnemies our fCriends CWe should have never Ambeen enemiesG with them C CWe made ourG enemies our Amfriends F CAnd our gang got twGice as big C