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 when traveling abroad in the continental style

 it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet

 and subsequently bear in mind your transient position

 allows you a perspective that's unique

 and though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse

 your wanderlust won't let you settle down

 and you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content

 to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town

 most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit

 that remains the object of their long relentless quest

 the obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending

 the pursuit you see and never the arrest

 without fear of contradiction "bon voyage" is always hollered

 in conjunction with a handkerchief from shore

by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore

 is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore

 planes and trains and boats and buses

 characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue

 unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport

 and the cargo that they're carrying is you

 a foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside

 and domestically approved romantic fancy

 is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing

 it will only be parlayed into a memory