[Intro]
Just keep right on walking
Just keep right on walking

[Verse 1]
"Don't dilly-dally, come right home"
I don't see why I must go home
When in the street, the niceties
Come pouring out and over me
It's three o'clock and here they come
So many that my eyes are numb
Familiar faces each and all
But I've been ordered not to stall

[Chorus]
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
I know that you're all okay, but
My orders come from high above me
About a foot or two above me

[Verse 2]
The merry band of "How are you's"
In tweedy suits and pointy shoes
They offer me a ride in style
And something sweet to make me smile
I hate to hurt their feelings so
But I'm supposed to tell them no
My parents say the world is cruel
I think that they prefer it cruel
[Chorus]
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
I know that you're all okay, but
My orders come from high above me
About a foot or two above me

[Bridge]
Just keep right on walking
Just keep right on walking
Just keep right on walking
Just keep right on walking

[Chorus]
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
I know that you're all okay, but
My orders come from high above me
About a foot or two above me

[Outro]
Thanks but no thanks anyway
Thanks but no thanks anyway
Thanks but no thanks anyway, anyway, anyway