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Artist: The Kinks
Canonical path: /the-kinks/picture-book
Related lyric paths: 6
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Picture Book
Read Picture Book lyrics by The Kinks on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Picture Book
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Picture yourself when you're getting old
Sat by the fireside a-pondering on
Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago
Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long time ago
Na, na, na, na, na na
Na, na, na, na, na na
Picture book
Picture book
A picture of you in your birthday suit
You sat in the sun on a hot afternoon
Picture book, your mama and your papa, and fat old uncle charlie out cruising with their friends
Picture book, a holiday in august, outside a bed and breakfast in sunny southend
Picture book, when you were just a baby, those days when you were happy, a long time ago
Na, na, na, na, na na
Na, na, na, na, na na
Picture book
Picture book
Picture book
Picture book
Picture book
Na, na, na, na na
Na, na, na, na na
A-scooby-dooby-doo
Picture book
Na, na, na, na na
Na, na, na, na na
A-scooby-dooby-doo
Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago
Long time ago
Long time ago
Long time ago
Long time ago
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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