Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Foreign Affair, artist - Manhattan Transfer. Album song Extensions, in the genre Date of issue: 30.10.1979
Record label: Concord, Craft
Song language: English
Foreign Affair |
| when travelling 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 |
| 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 |