Writer(s): cahn/van heusen





It's very nice to go trav'ling

To paris london and rome

It's oh so nice to go trav'ling

But it's so much nicer, yes it's so much nicer, to come home



It's very nice to just wander

The camel route to iraq

It's oh so nice to just wander

But it's so much nicer, yes it's oh so nice, to wander back



The mam'selles and frauleins, and the senoritas are sweet

But they can't compete 'cause they just don't have

What the models have, on madison ave.



It's very nice to be footloose

With just a toothbrush and comb

It's oh so nice to be footloose

But your heart starts singin' when your homeward wingin' across the foam



And you know your fate is

Where the empire state is

All you contemplate is

The view from miss liberty's dome



It's very nice to go trav'ling

But it's oh so nice to come home



You will find the maiden and the gay muchachas are rare

But they can't compare with that sexy line

That parades each day at sunset and vine



It's quite the life to play gypsy

And roam as gipsies will roam

It's quite the life to play gypsy

But your heart starts singin' when your homeward wingin' across the foam



And the hudson river

Makes you start to quiver

Like the latest flivver

That's simply dripin' with crome



It's very nice to go trav'ling

But it's oh so nice to come home




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