Passion Pit - Take a Walk

Take a Walk

All these kind of places
Make it seem like it's been ages,
And tomorrow some new building will scrape the sky.
I love this country dearly,
I can feel the ladder 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 marry, save my money,
Brought my dear wife over,
Now I work to bring my family state side.
But off the boat they stayed a while,
Then scattered across the coast.
Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most.
I took a walk.

[Chorus:]
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh!
I took a walk,
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh!

[Verse 2:]
Practice isn't perfect
With the market cuts and loss,
I remind myself that times could be much worse.
My wife won't ask me questions,
And 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,
Then 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.

[Chorus:]
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh!
I took a walk,
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh!

[Verse 3:]
Honey, it's your sun,
I think I borrowed just too much,
We had taxes, we had bills,
We had 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'll 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.

[Chorus:]
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh!
I took a walk,
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh!