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Kodachrome / Mabellene (Live at Central Park, New York, NY - September 19, 1981)
Lyrics
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
And brought 'em all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse in black and white
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Woo, woo
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Maybellene
why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupé de Ville
A Cadillac rollin' on the open road
Nothin' outrunning my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
The heat cooled down, the motor cooled down
That's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead
Hundred and ten half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's standin' still
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill
Mabellene, why can't you be true?
Woah, Mabellene, why can't you be true?
You done started right doing those things you used to do, hoo
Woah, Mabellene, why can't you be true?
Woah, Mabellene, why can't you be true?
You done started right doing those things you used to do, hey
You done started right doing those things you used to do
You done started right doing those things you used to do
It's a wonder I can think at all
And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
And brought 'em all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse in black and white
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Woo, woo
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Maybellene
why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupé de Ville
A Cadillac rollin' on the open road
Nothin' outrunning my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
The heat cooled down, the motor cooled down
That's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead
Hundred and ten half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's standin' still
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill
Mabellene, why can't you be true?
Woah, Mabellene, why can't you be true?
You done started right doing those things you used to do, hoo
Woah, Mabellene, why can't you be true?
Woah, Mabellene, why can't you be true?
You done started right doing those things you used to do, hey
You done started right doing those things you used to do
You done started right doing those things you used to do