thanks but no thanks

just keep right on walking

just keep right on walking

don't dilly-dally

come right home

i don't see why i must go home

when in the streets the niceties

come pouring out and over me

its three o'clock and here they come

so many that my eyes are numb

familiar faces each and all

but i've been ordered not to stall

thanks but no thanks

anyway

i know that you're all ok

but

my orders come from high above me

about a foot or two above me

the merry band of how are you's"