Pull up a flag or light a fire Or send up a flare Build me a beacon Seems there's no other way out of here Inform the local correspondent Tell him to phone in Tell the papers, put it over the air I'm marooned build me a schooner or a punt Or a dug-out canoe A Sputnik a biplane Just a rusty jalopy will do Call the folks and say I'm castaway I'll even resort to tacking chances In a hot air balloon I'm marooned