The Kinks - Picture Book Lyrics

The Kinks Lyrics

"Picture Book"

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 boozing 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
A long time ago
Long time ago
Long time ago
Long time ago
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Writer(s): Raymond Douglas Davies

"Picture Book" was released as the B-side of "Starstruck" in the USA in 1968.

Ray Davies used to play this song live during his solo performances.

When Hewlett-Packard used this track in its 2004 TV advertising about digital photography, Ray Davies said, "It was perfect for that commercial."

album: "The Village Green Preservation Society" (1968)

The Village Green Preservation Society

Do You Remember Walter?

Picture Book

Johnny Thunder

Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains

Big Sky

Sitting By The Riverside

All Of My Friends Were There

Wicked Annabella

Monica

People Take Pictures Of Each Other

Days

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