Roger Bart - I Love to Travel lyrics

[Chorus] Walk walk trudge trudge Slog slog travel travel March march trudge trudge Slog slog travel travel Lumber lumber plod plod Shuffle shuffle talk [XANTHIAS] So tell me more about this writer -- uh -- [DIONYSOS] Shaw. Bernard Shaw. Hated the name George. Born in Dublin in 1856. Dramatist, literary and music critic, socialist spokesman, showman, controversialist and a leading figure in the 20th century theatre [XANTHIAS] Wait a minute, is this the guy who wrote "My Fair Lady"? [DIONYSOS] Well, it was based on a play of his, "Pygmalion." A Greek myth [XANTHIAS] Then he can't be all bad [DIONYSOS] That's the spirit! [Chorus] March march trudge plod Tramp slog stumble stumble Trek trek trudge plod Tramp slog grumble grumble Walk walk trudge plod Tramp slog stretch... [DIONYSOS] I love to travel Don't you? I love a change of pace I love a change of space I love to see a place That's absolutely new [Chorus] Sweat [DIONYSOS] I love to travel [Chorus] Bump [DIONYSOS] Don't you? [Chorus] Limp [DIONYSOS] Of course you do [Chorus] Pant pant puff puff Drip drip dawdle dawdle [DIONYSOS] I love to travel It's true I love a change of venue A change of menu The feeling when you Meet with something strange [Chorus] Slog [DIONYSOS] I love to travel [Chorus] Slog [DIONYSOS] I love a challenge [Chorus] Slog [DIONYSOS] I love change [Chorus] Puff puff drip drip Slip trip Kvetch... [XANTHIAS] Are we there yet? Because my feet have definitely lost interest [DIONYSOS] Stop complaining. Such is life. Each of us must play his own part: You, Xanthias, a slave. I, Dionysos, a god [XANTHIAS] Half a god. Your mother was mortal [DIONYSOS] It still counts! [XANTHIAS] If you're a god, why do you cringe when you hear thunder? [DIONYSOS] That's my father Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods, the most powerful and important job there is, and well, he and I... we have issues [XANTHIAS] You also cry when you go to the theater! [DIONYSOS] Have you been to the theater lately? [Chorus] Mud dirt thorns vines Sand rock gravel gravel... [XANTHIAS] I hate to travel I hate to even leave the house I hate the change of air I hate the getting there I hate to pack and all of that I hate to change my habitat I hate to not know where I'm going Then to not know where I'm at I hate the -- [DIONYSOS] You've gotta learn to see the bigger picture! [Chorus] Swamp slush rain fog Gnats wasps snakes mosquitoes Swamp slush rain fog Gnats wasps snakes mosquitoes [XANTHIAS] Who needs to travel? I say to leave the world alone It may unravel But it's the mess we've always known All right, okay, it isn't perfect Still it's perfectly okay And if it's gonna go to hell Then let it Why should I as well? Forget it First I had the grippe Then trouble with my hip Now I have blisters on my lip This trip is giving me the pip -- [DIONYSOS] You can stop rhyming right there. Move! [Chorus] March march trudge trudge Slog slog travel travel [DIONYSOS] I love to travel -- [XANTHIAS] I hate to travel -- [DIONYSOS] You, too [XANTHIAS] I do? [DIONYSOS] Don't you just love surprise? You've gotta love surprise You've gotta love it or I'll leave you to be nibbled by the flies [XANTHIAS] I love to travel! [DIONYSOS] What joy! XANTHIAS: Oh, boy! [DIONYSOS] If it's exotic It's erotic And that's all I have to say I love to travel! Don't you? [XANTHIAS] I do! [XANTHIAS/DIONYSOS] Okay! [COMPANY] I love to travel It's true I love a change of venue A change of menu The feeling when you Meet with something strange I love to travel I love a challenge I love change March march trudge trudge Slog slog travel travel March march trudge trudge Slog slog travel travel Marsh marsh sludge sludge Bog bog gravel gravel Mire mire muck muck Travel travel march march Trudge trudge slog Okay!