Songs and Lyrics (Lehrer)/Take Me for a Walk

by Thomas Andrew Lehrer

TAKE ME FOR A WALK
(written for the aborted revision of Park)
Trio - Sara (daughter), Austin (father), Elizabeth (mother] -- [or quartet, including Jamie (son)]
lyrics by Tom Lehrer (no music written)

Take me for a walk
That's all I ask of you
A simple walk, perhaps a talk,
Exchanging points of view
An occasional quiet little stroll
Rejuvenates the soul
Not too energetic [alt: Nothing too athletic]
Merely peripatetic
Millionaires can't measure
What a simple pleasure -- means.
They just don't have a glimmer
Riding in their limou -- sines.

If they got out the lead
And tried to walk instead
They'd gladly throw their calendars away
And say:
Just take me for a walk with you
To -
Day.

Optional:

Cancel lunch and hold my calls And hand me down my overalls I'm going for a walk Today.

INTERLUDE : [mostly spoken]	A:	There surely must be something I can buy you With which to ply you And satisfy you A trip to Tahiti?
	S:	Forget it, sweetie.
	A:	A new Ferrari?
	E:	[yawns] Terribly sorry.
	A:	A color TV? A Ph.D.? A nightingale? The Holy Grail? Well, how about a diamond ring Or anything I possess?
	S,E:	Sir, what do you take us for?
	A:	A walk, I guess.
	S,E:	That's more like it!

Take me for a walk
Take a walk with me
We'll traipse along, And sing a song,
As jaunty as can be.

An adventurous early morning hike
Is what I'd really like
No destination
And not much perspiration

We could simply mosey
To a green and cozy -- glen
Savor the aroma
Till we head for home a -- gain .

S,E:	We could be climbing a peak with a stick and a pack
A:	Spending a week with a crick in my back But nevertheless I'll join you, if I may --
S,E:	Okay!

(Alternating:)

We can amble along Or shamble along Or toddle along Or waddle along Or swagger along Or stagger along Our way -- Hey! Please take me for a walk with you To - Day.