[Verse 1: Michael Crawford]
The road we travel on
Has never been the one of least resistance
We've made it through the years
The agony and tears by sheer persistence
To the edge of a brave new world

[Chorus: Michael Crawford]
Counting up to twenty
Has been difficult for some
But as we learn to count to twenty
Should be easy to get to twenty-one

[Verse 2 Michael Crawford]
A hundred years ago
We really start to show off our invention
We acquired thе clout
To take each other out was our intеntion
It's amazing we're all still here

[Chorus: Michael Crawford]
Counting up to twenty
Has been difficult for some
But as we learn to count to twenty
Should be easy (should be easy) to get to twenty-one
[Verse 3: Michael Crawford]
Call me a fool but I'm a fool with a heart
I'm an optimistic man
I believe we can make it
Though I don't always sleep at night
Waiting for the light to come and wake me
My thoughts are with the young
They must be the ones to come save me
We just have to let them breathe

[Chorus: Michael Crawford]
Counting up to twenty
Could be difficult for some
But if we help them count to twenty
Should be easy (easy, easy) to get to twenty-one