Beatnik Love Affair

Everything's in the mind

Why suffer for moral convictions, social restrictions?

Let's thumb our noses at cold wars and atomic predictions

They're only a waste of time

Let's make a romantic decision, follow a vision

Now is the moment

To see clearly and realize that really

We are on the brink of it, come to think of it

You and I could have an upright, downright

Watertight, dynamite love affair

We could either play it upbeat, downbeat

On the beat, off the beat, fair or square

Hey, for those flip calypsos

Ho, for that rhythmic din

Hey, ho, for those dopes and dipsos

Rum punch, coconuts, Gordon's gin

Think if we tried out some little hideout

On some tropical isle

Naked and warm from dawn 'til moonrise

Somerset Maugham-wise, Blue Lagoon-wise

Every time we see an evening star show

We could wonder if the same Jack Paar show

Still was on the air

As we carried on with our on-beat, off-beat

Beatnik love affair

You and I could have an inboard, outboard

Overboard, bed-and-board love affair

All we need's a little on-key, off-key

King-sized, organized time to spare

There by the Caribbean

We'll cross the Rubicon

We'll have by the deep blue sea an

All-out, roustabout carry-on

We'll get a man tan gargantuan tan

On those shimmering sands

Nothing to do but read and rest, dear

We could get through by love possessed, dear

Every time we hear a seagull whistle

We'll forget our last misguided missile

Just missed Gracie Square

As we carried on with our off-beat

King-sized, organized, beatnik love affair