A Couple of Swells-Fred Astaire

[ti:A Couple of Swells] [ar:Fred Astaire] [al:Getting Nowhere] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.19]A Couple of Swells - Fred Astaire [00:01.14]Written by：Fred Astaire [00:01.47] [00:11.25]We're a couple of swells [00:13.48]We stop at the best hotels [00:16.19]But we prefer the country far [00:18.93]Away from the city smells [00:21.50] [00:23.41]We're a couple of sports [00:25.80]The pride of the tennis courts [00:27.89] [00:28.50]In June July and August we look cute [00:31.79]When we're dressed in shorts [00:33.52] [00:35.27]The vanderbilt's [00:36.61]Have asked us up for tea [00:39.79] [00:40.74]We don't know how to get there [00:43.16]No sire no sire [00:48.33]We would drive up the avenue [00:52.15]But we haven't got the price [00:55.13]We would skate up the avenue [00:57.91]But there isn't any ice [01:00.80]We would ride on a bicycle [01:03.44]But we haven't got a bike [01:06.26]So we'll walk up the avenue [01:09.12]Yes we'll walk up the avenue [01:11.92]Have to walk up the avenue's what we like [01:16.24] [01:17.98]Wall street bankers are we [01:19.70] [01:20.45]With plenty of currency [01:22.66] [01:23.29]We'd open up the safe [01:25.17]But we forgot where we put the key [01:28.35] [01:30.46]We're the favorite lads [01:32.87]Of girls in the picture ads [01:35.59]We'd like to tell you who we kissed last night [01:39.03]But we can't be cads [01:40.64] [01:42.48]The vanderbilt's [01:43.76]Are waiting at the club [01:47.30] [01:47.96]But how are we to get there [01:50.36]That's the rub that's the rub [01:55.08] [01:55.83]We would sail up the avenue [01:59.62]But we haven't got a yacht [02:02.58]We would drive up the avenue [02:05.39]But the horse we had was shot [02:08.18]We would ride on a trolley car [02:11.05]But we haven't got the fare [02:13.86]So we'll walk up the avenue [02:16.75]Yes we'll walk up the avenue [02:19.38]Yes we'll walk up the avenue till we're there