This is part of the complete Exercises in Song cycle being released on this site.
"On the Road" is a bonus exercise, not to be found in Raymond Queneau's original Exercices de Style nor in the translations.
To be sung to the tune of "Show Me The Way To Go Home". More information here.
“Show me to write, man!” said Dean,
But: “let’s see America!” he meant.
We drove as far as San Francisco; Dean cleared out
Leaving us without a cent.
Camille and Marylou,
And Inez he married, too.
Though we’ll never ride together again,
Dean, I still think about you.
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