Passion Pit - Take A Walk Lyrics

All these kinds of places make it seem like it's been ages
Tomorrow some new building will scrape the sky
I love this country dearly
I can feel the latter clearly
But I never thought I'd be alone to try

Once I was outside Penn Station, selling red and white carnations
We were still alone, my wife and I
Before we married, saved my money, brought my dear wife over
Now I work to bring my family stateside

But off the boat they stayed a while, then scattered 'cross the coast
Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most

I took a walk
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, oooooh, take a walk)

Practice isn't perfect, but the market cuts a loss
I remind myself that times could be much worse
My wife won't ask me questions
There's not so much to ask
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse

Once my mother-in-law came just to stay a couple nights
And decided she would stay the rest of her life
I watch my little children play some board game in the kitchen
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife

But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
He made some bad investments, now the accounts are overdrawn

I took a walk
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, oooooh, take a walk)

Honey, it's your son
I think I borrowed just too much
We have taxes, we have bills, we have a lifestyle to front
And tonight I swear I'll come home and we'll make love like we're young

Tomorrow you'll cook dinner for the neighbors and their kids
We can rip apart those socialists and all their damn taxes
You see I am no criminal
I'm down on both bad knees
I'm just too much a coward
To admit when I'm in need

I took a walk
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, oooooh, take a walk)