¹ There is a place no man has seen
In our Solar System — big
Can you guess where this might be?
You might go there. Can you dig?

² It’s a 186-million-miles from here
If you could go in a straight line
But you can’t, for always in the way
The Sun stands all the time

³ It’s two Astronomical Units
But we must fly around
So it’s nearly 472 Gigameters
Figuring that can sure confound

⁴ Venus is about half-a-unit from our sun
Mecury 1/4, while Mars is 2 you see
That puts us in the middle
Just right for you and me

⁵ Jupiter’s not 4 but 8
With Saturn at 16
It’s quite a neighborhood we have
But where we’re at it’s green

⁶ This place is in Earth’s orbit
But on the other side
So no man has ever seen there
Since, behind the Sun it hides

⁷ However, you will like it
It’s also a fine spot
It’s comfortable for life and us
You’ll love it lots and lots

⁸ But if you get there just on time
You’ll really want to stay
Because it is so beautiful
To come home to every day

⁹ It has another quality
That folks don’t talk about
It’s how we set our calendar
As we do without a doubt

¹⁰ We take as our example
The way we laid things out
To keep time for our travels
As we live and move about

¹¹ If you come to Saipan
You’ll land “a day ahead”
As you cross the Date Line going West
From Hawaii where you've tread

¹² Could you go a year in time
By flying to this planet fine?
For it must have with it
The Annual Date Line

¹³ What a fine place it is
To put a second Earth
We might find that we can some day
If we live long enough from birth

¹⁴ There is a way to do that
But I cannot tell you here
Unless you’re at my party
With some pizza and a beer

¹⁵ I already have scheduled it
For 2202
But you will have to speak to me
Directly for your brew

¹⁶ ‘cause I know how to be there
It’s not as silly as you think
I’ve planned it now for several years
Both the pizza and the drink

¹⁷ Just a little riddle
To keep you on your toes
To find out something interesting
It’s amazing where life goes.