Pencil Thin Mustache
Jimmy Buffett • Key:
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Pencil Thin Mustache
Jimmy Buffett
#From: mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu (Mike Hall)
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Now they make new
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movies in
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old black and white
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With happy endings, where
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nobody fights
So
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if you find your
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self in that nos
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talgic rage
Honey,
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jump right up and
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show your age
Chorus:
I
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wish I had a
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pencil thin mus
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tache
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The "Boston
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Blackie"
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kind
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two toned
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Ricky Ricar
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do jacket
And an
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autographed picture of
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Andy Devine
Oh I
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remember bein' buck
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-toothed and skinny
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Writin' fan letters to
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Sky's niece Penny
Oh I
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wish I had a
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pencil thin
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mustache
Then
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I could solve some
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mysteries
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too
Bridge:
Oh it's
Em
Bandstand,
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Disneyland,
Em
growin' up
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fast
Em
Drinkin' on a
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fake I.D.
Em
And
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Rama of the
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jungle was
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everyone's
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Bawana
But
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only jazz musicians were
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smokin' marijuana
Yeah, I
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wish I had a
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pencil thin
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mustache
then
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I could solve some
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mysteries
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too
(same as above chords with this verse)
But then it's flat top, dirty bob, coppin' a feel
Grubbin' on the livin' room floor (so sore)
Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge,
But all you want to do is learn how to score
Yeah, but
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now I'm gettin'
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old, don't
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wear underwear
I
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don't go to church and I
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don't cut my hair
But
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I can go to
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movies and
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see it all there
Just the
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way that it u
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sed to
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be
Chorus:
That's why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
The "Boston Blackie" kind, a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine
Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be
Maybe suave Errol Flynn or a Sheik of Arabie
If I only had a pencil thin mustache
Then I could do some cruisin' too
Yeah,
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Bryl-cream, a little dab'll do yah
Oh,
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I could do some
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cruisin'
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too
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