| Now they make new movies in old black and white
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| With happy endings, where nobody fights
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| So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage
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| Honey, jump right up and show your age
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| I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
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| The «boston blackie"kind
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| A two toned ricky ricardo jacket
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| And an autographed picture of andy devine
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| I remember bein buck-toothed and skinny
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| Writin fan letters to sky king and penny
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| Oh I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
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| Then I could solve some mysteries too
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| Then its bandstand, disneyland, growin up fast
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| Drinkin on a fake i.d.
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| Yeah, and rama of the jungle was everyones bawana
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| But only jazz musicians were smokin marijuana
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| Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
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| Then I could solve some mysteries too
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| Then its flat top, dirty bob, coppin a feel
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| Grubbin on the livin room floor (so sore)
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| Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge,
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| But all you want to do is learn how to score
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| Yeah, but now Im gettin old, dont wear underwear
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| I dont go to church and I dont cut my hair
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| But I can go to movies and see it all there
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| Just the way that it used to be Thats why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
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| The «boston blackie"kind
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| A two-toned ricky ricardo jacket
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| And an autographed picture of andy devine
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| Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be Maybe suave errol flynn or the sheik of araby
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| If I only had a pencil thin mustache
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| Then I could do some cruisin too
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| Coda:
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| Yeah, bryl-cream, a little dabll do yah
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| Oh, I could do some cruisin too
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| Corrected by dub dublin |