Picture Book
Words & Music:
The Kinks
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Picture yourself when you're
getting old.
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Sat by the fireside pondering
on.
CHORUS:
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Picture book; pictures of your
mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
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Picture book
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Of people with each other, to
prove they loved each other, a long time ago.
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La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la,
la-la, la-la.
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Picture Book-----, Picture Book---------.
A picture of you in your
birthday suit,
Sat in the sun on a hot
afternoon.
CHORUS:
Picture Book.
Your mama & papa & fat
old uncle Charlie, a-boozing with their friends.
Picture Book.
A holiday in August, outside a
bed and breakfast, in sunny South End.
Picture Book,
When you were just a baby,
those days when you were happy, a long time ago.
La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la,
la-la, la-la.
Picture Book-----, Picture Book---------.
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Picture Book; La-la, la-la,
la-la, la-la; scooby-dooby-doo. [2x]
Picture Book; pictures of your
mama, taken by your papa, a long time ago.
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Long time ago. [3x] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!