The Ancient Egyptians Lyrics - Wishing Like A Mountain & Thinking Like The Sea - Poi Dog Pondering

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(A Love Letter to Jonathan Richman) 

Well the Ancient Egyptians, and the other Africans 

The Mayans, the Incas, and all the Polynesians. 

All around the world, a long long time ago, 

People would walk, where ever they had to go. 

They didn't have car keys, and they didn't have roads -- 

They didn't have those ugly convenience stores, or Texacos 

In fact, all around the world, a long long time ago, 

people would walk, where ever they had to go. 

Well now it's the 1990's, and the gasoline does flow, 

but I still try and walk most of the places I have to go 

But sometimes my friends will stop and say, 

"Hey Frank! There's a bus or a cab over there... 

Why don't we go ahead and get in it?" 

But I say no, no, no, and didn't you know, 

you get to know things better when they go by slow.