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