alex introduced me to the brother of his roommate sue   whose friend marie was kind of sweet on me   i met marie but she was already with mark   but mark was friends with kate   and kate thought you and me should date   you look cold so here's my sweater, i'll get us a beer   can't believe we're only meeting in out senior year      let's give it the ol' college try   six degrees is good enough tonight      looking from the curtains of a motel by the hour   one thing lead to another and it ended in a shower   naked in another town i still forget that night   stranges with six names in hearts they hold so tight   maybe we can make this better than the night before   let's go out tomorrow night until for evermore      we'll give it the ol' college try   'couse six degrees is good enough tonight      years flew by when we were young   and sometimes it was good   but looking back on where we've been i wonder   where we stood      we gave it the ol' college try   but six degrees won't get us through the night   we gave it the ol' college try   but six degrees won't get us through the night