[ti:Foreign Affair]
[ar:Tom Waits]
[al:Foreign Affairs]
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[00:13.79]when travelling abroad in the continental style
[00:19.86]it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet
[00:24.74]
[00:31.10]and subsequently bear in mind your transient position
[00:35.10]
[00:37.35]allows you a perspective that's unique
[00:39.41]
[00:44.05]though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse
[00:47.99]
[00:51.57]your wanderlust won't let you settle down
[00:54.81]
[00:58.85]and you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content
[01:06.01]to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town
[01:14.74]most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit
[01:19.74]
[01:22.58]that remains the object of their long relentless quest
[01:29.08]the obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending
[01:33.52]
[01:37.57]the pursuit you see and never the arrest
[01:40.39]
[01:48.60]without fear of contradiction bon voyage is always hollered
[01:53.70]
[01:56.13]in conjunction with a handkerchief from shore
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[02:02.76]by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore
[02:08.70]is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore
[02:12.89]
[02:16.26]planes and trains and boats and buses
[02:21.60]characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue
[02:31.07]
[02:34.04]unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport
[02:39.35]
[02:41.39]and the cargo that they're carrying is you
[02:45.26]
[02:52.92]a foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside
[02:59.04]
[03:00.98]and domestically approved romantic fancy
[03:07.30]
[03:09.22]is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
[03:14.85]
[03:16.92]it will only be parlayed into a memory