Ray Davies's
Lyrics
Working Man's Café cover

Picture Book

Ray Davies, released on The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, © Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI 1968

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Picture yourself when you're getting on,

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.

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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.

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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.

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Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.

Long time ago,

Long time ago,

Long time ago,

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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