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[INTRO]
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[Verse]
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Now they make new movies in old black and white With happy endings, where nobody fights
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So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage Honey, jump right up and show your age...
[Chorus 1]
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I wish I had a pencil thin moustache The Boston Blackie kind
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A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket And an autographed picture of Andy Devine
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I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny
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Oh I wish I had a pencil thin moustache Then I could solve some mysteries too
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Then it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast Drinkin' on a fake I.D
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Yeah, and Ramar of the jungle was everyone's B'wana But only jazz musicians were smokin' . marijuana
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Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin moustache Then I could solve some mysteries too
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(Thin, thin, pencil thin moustache...)
[Bridge]
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Then it's flat top, dirty bop, coppin' a feel Rubbin' 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
[Verse]
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Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair my hair
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But I can go to movies and see it all there Just the way that it used to be
[Chorus 2]
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That's why I wish I had a pencil thin moustache The Boston Blackie kind
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A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket 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 moustache Then I could do some cruisin' too
[OUTRO]
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Yeah, Brylcreem, a little dab'll do yah Oh, I could do some cruisin' too
