Picture Book Songtext

von Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus

Picture yourself when you're gettin' old
Sat by the fireside, ponderin' on
Picture book, pictures of your mama
Taken by your papa a longtime ago
Picture book of people with each other
To prove they love each other a longtime ago

Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Picture book, picture book

A picture of you in your birthday suit
Sat in the sun on a hot afternoon

Picture book, your mama and your papa
And fat old uncle Charlie out cruisin' with their friends
Picture book, a holiday in August
Outside a bed and breakfast in sunny South end
Picture book, when you were just a baby
Those days when you were happy, a long time ago

Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Picture book, picture book
Picture book, picture book

Picture book, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
A-scooby-dooby-doo
Picture book, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah