Some people never get their feet on the ground,

They're either sitting in a chair or they're laying down

Their bellies are hanging down on their knees,

It's almost a national emergency.

Fifty miles, keep a-walking,

Twenty-five miles and you're almost there,

Fifty miles no use a-talkin',

Better get in step with the new frontier.



Well, the president put on his walkin' shoes

He had a country with 30 millions pounds to lose

He remembered a promise he made 'way back when

He's gonna get the country movin' again.

*chorus*



Then everybody started getting into the act

Even sallinger left but he soon came back

On his return he was heard to say

Fifty miles a day keeps republicans away

*chorus*



Rockefeller's happy with his brand new wife,

And richard nixon's done enough running for life

And lyndon johnson is too busy a man

And joseph p. kennedy bought out tom mccann.

*chorus*



So i decided i would carry my load

I grabbed a carton of cigarettes and i hit the road,

The golf clubs were heavy and the gin was slow

If you want to get healthy, that's the way to go.

*chorus*



While everybody's goin' out and havin' fun

They ought to lose some weight in more ways than one

Fity miles of thinking is a heavy strain

But it's about the only cure, for an overweight brain.

*chorus*




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