[Intro]
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[Strophe]
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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...
[Refrain]
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I wish I had a pencil thin moustache 
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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's niece Penny 
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Oh I wish I had a pencil thin moustache 
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Then I could solve some mysteries too
[Pont]
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Then it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast 
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Drinkin' on a fake I.D 
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Yeah, and Ramar of the jungle was everyone's B'wana 
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But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana 
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Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin moustache 
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Then I could solve some mysteries too
[Interlude]
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(Thin, thin, pencil thin moustache...) 
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[Pont]
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Then it's flat top, dirty bop, 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 I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear 
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I don't go to church and I don't 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
[Refrain]
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That's why I wish I had a pencil thin moustache 
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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 
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Maybe suave Errol Flynn or the Sheik of Araby 
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If I only had a pencil thin moustache 
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Then I could do some cruisin' too
[Outro]
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Yeah, Brylcreem, a little dab'll do yah 
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Oh, I could do some cruisin' too