Lyric A Thousand Steps to Nowhere

Iris
A thousand steps

Paperman
Obviously

Iris
The Jewish cemetery

Paperman
It may come in handy

Iris
Let me get him. Your heart

Paperman
Stay here
A thousand steps to nowhere
That is all I see
This night is asking questions
Where and what for me
A thousand miles from Henny
Who warned me from the start
I feel foolhardy, I miss Sardi s
Thought I was so smart

Chorus
Down is up, up is down
That s just life in Kinja town
The natives and the castaways
That s just life for me these days

Henny
I ve had it with this weather
My skin is pale as bleach
I m heading back to Kinja
And stretch out on the beach
My past is in these boxes
All clean and neatly packed
No time for sorrow, I leave tomorrow
There s no turning back
No turning back, I m island bound
I want to turn from white to brown
Sing and dance to calypso songs
Trade in this mink for a pink sarong

Iris
I really do admire him
And what he s taking on
This island and these crazies
But I fear he ll soon be gone
Can t let myself fall for him
A terrible mistake
He s got Henny, I m one too many
This time my heart could break

Chorus
A thousand steps to nowhere
That is all I see

Paperman
My heart is pounding madly

Iris
Mine too, won t let me be
A thousand reasons not to

Paperman
Strange but oh so true
I m behaving

Iris
You re not past saving
A thing we both should do

Henny
Cause he s happy

Duet
Down is up, up is down

Henny
I understand

Duet
That s just life in Kinja town

Henny
Cause he s my man

Duet
The natives and the castaways
That s just life for us these days

Henny
Cause he s happy

Duet
Down is up, up is down

Henny
I understand

Duet
That s just life in Kinja town

Henny
Cause he s my man

Duet
The natives and the castaways

Ensemble
That s just life for us these days
That s just life for us these days

Paperman
Gilbert come and prime the pump