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(A Love Letter to Jonathan Richman)

Well the Ancient Egyptians, and the other Africans

The Mayans, the Incas, and all the Polynesians.

All around the world, a long long time ago,

People would walk, where ever they had to go.

They didn't have car keys, and they didn't have roads --

They didn't have those ugly convenience stores, or Texacos

In fact, all around the world, a long long time ago,

people would walk, where ever they had to go.



Well now it's the 1990's, and the gasoline does flow,

but I still try and walk most of the places I have to go

But sometimes my friends will stop and say,

"Hey Frank! There's a bus or a cab over there...

Why don't we go ahead and get in it?"

But I say no, no, no, and didn't you know,

you get to know things better when they go by slow