Los Angeles to New York City
go west around the world
You’ve been around long enough to know
The easy way won’t take you where you wanna go 

An appetite for apple pie
Just plant an apple seed
In seven years we’ll have everything we need

Let’s choose the wrong way
Let’s take the long way
The right way is smart and safe and boring 
The wrong way is more alluring
Aim for the rapids
Avoid the masses
Let’s take the long way
Let’s choose the wrong way

The trodden path the simple math
There’s really no such thing
The more you question why
the more you find a riddle wrapped up in a lie 

Climb in back with Kerouac
He knows the road by heart
We’ll never get there if we never start

Dave Madden's "11:59 Songwriting Group"