Paris' rooftops were lovely to see Switzerland's vertical landscape Crossed my mind's eye just now Canada's shoreline has been calling out to me But it's been too long a time Since last I crossed That vast Nantucket sound Hello old friend Welcome me home again Well, I've been away But that's all over now Say I can stay for October, now Stay a while and play Little dog David I must look like a fool I should've remembered You'd be forgetting my smell, well Give me a week or two to recapture my cool I've got stories to tell About how I snatched the devil's catch And out ran the hounds of hell Hello old friend Welcome me home again Well, I've been away But that's all over now Say I can stay for October, now Stay a while and play