Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block

Lyrics

[Intro] I never traveled further North than old Van Cortlandt Park And never further South than the aquarium I've seen the charm of Jersey City, but first let me remark I saw it from the Empire State solarium But we've been putting nickels in the postal savings bank And when those nickels pile up, we can toddle off in swank And I don't mean an ordinary Cook's tour I mean a cabin de-luxe tour [Verse 1] Someday we'll go places, new lands and new faces The day we quit punching the clock The future looks pleasant, but at present Let's take a walk around the block [Verse 2] You're just the companion I want at Grand Canyon For throwing old blades down the rock The money we have'll go for travel Meantime, let's walk around the block [Bridge] Gangway, we'll begin When our ship comes in I'll sit on your lap All over the map [Verse 3] To London in May-time, to Venice in playtime To Paris in time for a frock To Boston in bean time, darling, meantime Let's take a walk around the block [Verse 4] In winter at Christmas, we'll visit the isthmus And see how they lock up a loch And then in Caracas, on a jackass We'll take a ride around the block [Verse 5] We'll keep to our promise to visit St. Thomas And then at Jamaica we'll dock The prospect is thrilling, still I'm willing Just now to talk around the block [Bridge] Onward to Cathay Then to Mandalay Boom, on to Bangkok P'r'aps Vladivostok [Verse 6] We'll send the folks cables, accumulate labels Buy souvenirs 'til we're in hock But since we are flat in old Manhattan Let's take a walk around the block