Back in '64
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Many years from now Neil as a bitter old Nasty in All You Need is Cash
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When your grandchildren climb upon your knee
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You may be quite astonished to see
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How many channels they can change on t.v.
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When some old film in black and white
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Comes on and there you are upon the screen
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Or is it someone just like someone you've been
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Looking not a day over nineteen?
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"Grand dad" the little ones are asking you
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"Why do you look so sad?" (so sad)
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So you tell them all about the fun you had
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Back in '64 before you were born
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People had no time for pouring scorn (or scoring porn)
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On dreams of love and peace
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No one was obese
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Only tight trousers were worn
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Back in '64 we were at it like knives
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Back in '64 the time of our lives
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Was in the present tense
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Now does that make common sense
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Any more than girls with hairdos called beehives?
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(zoom zoom zoom zoom)
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Back in '64 before you were born
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Back in '64 before you were born
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But as you've gone on and on
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Your audience has flown
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And as you find yourself all on your own
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You may wistfully recall
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How Benjamin Disraeli said that
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"Life is too short to be small"
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Or maybe like some old time song
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Overall it's long - so
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so long... it's all over.
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Back in '64
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| Neil Innes |
