(Paul Simon)

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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high schoool

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It’s a wonder I can think at all.

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And though my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none.

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I can read the writing on the wall.

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Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colours,

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They give us the greens of summers,

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Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah.

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I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph,

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So mama, don’t take my kodachrome away.

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If you took all the girls I knew when I was single.

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And brought them all together for one night.

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I know they’d never match my sweet imagination,

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And everything looks worse in black and white.

Momma, don't take my Kodachrome away (3X) Momma, don't take my Kodachrome (2X) Momma, don't take my Kodachrome away Momma, don't take my Kodachrome And leave your boy so far from home Momma, don't take my Kodachrome away Momma, don't take my Kodachrome Mmmmmm Momma, don't take my Kodachrome away, Okay