Harold Arlen Let`s Take A Walk Around The Block Lyrics

Let`s Take A Walk Around The Block Lyrics

I never traveled further North than old Van Courtland 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

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.

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.

Gangway, we`ll begin
When our, ship comes in
I`ll sit on your lap
All over the map

To London in May time
To Venice in play time
To Paris in time for a frock
To Boston in bean time
Darling, meantime
Let`s take a walk around the block.

(bridge)

In Winter at Christmas,
We`ll visit the isthmus
And see how they lock up a lock
And then in Caracas, on a jackass,
We`ll take a ride around the block.

We`ll keep to our promise,
To visit St. Thomas
And then at Jamaica we`ll dock
The prospect is thrilling,
Still I am willing,
Just now to talk around the block.

Onward, to Cathay
Then to Mandalay
Boom on to Bangkok
P`r`aps Vladivostok

We`ll send the folks cables
Accumulate labels
Buy souvenirs till we`re in hock
But since we are flat in old Manhattan
Let`s take a walk around the block.