Let’s Get Away from It All is most commonly associated with Frank Sinatra, who had a hit with it as a member of The Pied Pipers while he was a part of Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra. He later recorded it for his Come Fly with Me album as well., But many others have recorded it and it is considered a standard of traditional pop music.
Song lyrics to Let’s Get Away from It All (1941) music by Matt Dennis and lyrics by Tom Adair
Let’s take a boat to Bermuda
Let’s take a plane to Saint Paul
Let’s take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack
Let’s get away from it all
Let’s take a trip in a trailer
No need to come back at all
Let’s take a powder to Boston for chowder
Let’s get away from it all
We’ll travel ’round from town to town
We’ll visit ev’ry state
And I’ll repeat, “I love you sweet!”
In all the forty-eight
Let’s go again to Niag’ra
This time we’ll look at the Fall
Let’s leave our hut, dear
Get out of our rut, dear
Let’s get away from it all
Let’s motor down to Miami
Let’s climb the Grand Canyon wall
Let’s catch a tuna way out in Laguna
Let’s get away from it all
Let’s travel south of the border
Find me a real Spanish shawl
Let’s eat tamales in downtown Nogales
Let’s get away from it all
We’ll charter boats and airplanes too
To far-off spots unknown
Then hurry there to find somewhere
Where we can be alone
Let’s spend a weekend in Dixie
And pick up that sweet southern drawl
Then off to Reno
But just to play keno
Let’s get away from it all