Poi Dog Pondering - The Ancient Egyptians lyrics

(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.