chorus:
linger for a while
linger for a while
everyone's out on the front steps
can you linger for a while?

the ice cream truck is playing
the entertainer for the millionth time
everyone should be in bed now
no one is and no one minds
they're playing dominoes out in the park
in that rowdy west indian style
everybody's laughing,
can you linger for a while?

linger for a while
linger for a while
everybody's laughing
can you linger for a while?

cars on the expressway
sound a little bit like the sea
and all those jump rope jumper's rhymes
sound like the beatles to me
well someday we'll cross the ocean
maybe sail ten thousand miles
but tonight we're in the neighborhood
aw, can you linger for a while?

linger for a while
linger for a while
tonight we're in the neighborhood
can you linger for a while?

aggie's making ices
and there's a party on mary lou's stoop
seven games of hopscotch
there's a thousand things that we could do
this block seems like a universe
everytime i see you smile
spring just turned to summer
i hope it lingers for a while
linger for a while
linger for a while
spring just turned to summer
and can you linger for a while?

boats out in the harbor
stars up in the sky
car radios are blasting
someone says hello and someone says goodbye
there's dishes that need washing
and there's telephone's that we could dial
but we're all out on the front steps
and can you linger for a while?

linger for a while
linger for a while
there's so much we could talk about
aw, can you linger for a while?