We went for a walk
around New York and I said,
Let’s talk about New York
I said, 'The skyscrapers are a mile high ..!'
But he said, 'You can hardly see the sky!'
I said, ‘This is the
place I want to live!’ but he said;
‘One of us has to give
'I want to live in
Australia,
the place where I was born
'I want to see the
sunset
in the place where I saw dawn
'You would love koala bears
And you'd love the kangaroos!'
But I said, "And be eaten by crocodiles!
But to you this isn't news.'
Then I was broken hearted
and we sadly parted
But every year we meet
again
and we repeat the same refrain
I say, “Let’s walk around
New York,
Don’t you love it? Let’s have a talk,’
I say, ‘This is the place
I want to live,’
But he says: ‘One of us has to give
'You’re the only thing I
lack and
That’s why each year I come back
'Yes, my dear, I love it here
But I'm going home to the beach and the beer
' 'cos I want to live in Australia,
The place where I was born
'I’m going back, to see
the last sunset,
In the place where I first saw the dawn.’
...
D'you want to know the moral?
I know that you're not thick
But I assure you others are
Thick as two short planks and a brick
The lover's moral is think before
'Cos war brings love but love brings war
Before you pick a foreign love
Decide if you're prepared to move
If not, the moral's plain to see
You'll end up single just like me.
I'd be the one who you forget
If it wasn't for the internet
'I know you've a good memory
But others are a pain
'You tell them once, tell them twice
Then have to tell the story again.'
'Yes, I have a great memory
But I love to hear your voice
'I listen to the same old stories
Old friends don't have a choice
"I'd rather hear about old times
Than hear of other men
'So you tell me about our love
I'll hear it once again.'
We went for a walk around New York and I said,
'Let’s talk about New York,'
I said, 'The skyscrapers are a mile high ..!'
But he said, 'You can hardly see the sky!'
I said, ‘This is the place I want to live!’ but he said;
‘One of us has to give
I have nothing more to say
But can't you meet me half way?
And so we went to London
Met on St Pancras station
But that was neither here nor there
Just a brief vacation
We went for a walk around New York and I said,
Let’s talk about New York
I said, 'The skyscrapers are a mile high ..!'
But he said, 'You can hardly see the sky!'
'I want to live in Australia,
the place where I was born
'I want to see the sunset
in the place where I saw dawn.'
'So you stay there - and I'll stay here
Maybe we'll meet again - next year!'
-ends-
Copyright Angela Lansbury
The penultimate verse sounded like he was about to commit suicide if young or die if old. I decided to give it a happy and humorous ending. The song structure is 'a round'.
Beer photo in Wikipedia under beer article, photo by kgbo.
Internet sculpture in Israel.
