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Old Gold

from The Misnomer by The Mispronouncer

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The lyrics to this song are comprised of references to American pop songs from the 1950s and 1960s.

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1a. There’s a Moon Out Tonight, let’s go strolling.
Stand by Me in This Magic Moment.
I’m gonna be in trouble ‘cause your Boyfriend’s Back.
Soon I might be deader than the Leader of the Pack.
Each night I ask the stars up above
“Why do I still feel like a Teenager In Love?”
Do you, do you, do you, Do You Wanna Dance?
Why Do Fools Fall In Love when they’ve got no chance?
I know, Maybelline, why you can’t be true.
You run around too much with Runaround Sue.
I bark at Blue Moons, chewing Blue Suede Shoes.
‘Cause I ain’t nothing but a Hound Dog too.
And I’m sure You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.
But baby, I prefer how you’ve been looking lately.
Be-bop-a-lula, Wake Up Little Susie.
Bar-barbara Ann, Sh-boom, Ooby Dooby.

1b. I never learned to play guitar so well,
But I can read and write just like a-ringin’ a bell.
The Brown-Eyed Handsome Man can do no wrong.
Da-doo-ron-ron-ron Da-doo-ron-ron.

2a. Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news:
That there ain’t no cure for the Summertime Blues.
If Only the Lonely could stand each other,
They wouldn’t need to settle for Dream Lovers.
I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder why
She ran away, now Hushabye.
I’m gonna Rip it Up all across this land.
The Poor Little Fool is a Travelin’ Man.
I bought Artificial Flowers from Mack the Knife.
You’ve got the Magic Touch, bring me back to life.
Tonight, Tonight before your heart can harden,
Let’s Go, let’s go, let’s go, little darling.
How do I dance? Close, very, very close.
An “Earth Angel” isn’t the same thing as a ghost.
They call me The Wanderer, I roam around-around-around,
I Can’t Sit Down, I can’t sit down.

2b. The Duke of Earl’s crushing on the Queen of the Hop.
The Handyman’s got my broken heart in the shop
Since I Don’t Have You or anyone finer.
Goodness, gracious, Great Balls of Fire.

Bridge: Little Bitty Pretty One, I wonder, wonder, wonder
Who wrote the Book of Love and put a sucker on the cover.
We’re going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, but less scary.
Your daddy’s rich and your mom’s good lookin.’
Sweet-Talkin’ Girls know how to put the hooks in.
Can’t We Be Sweethearts? Don’t say “no.”
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go.

3. It’s your party, you can cry if you want to.
But re-mem-m-mem-ber to have some fun too.
I’ve got No Particular Place to Go,
So Cupid, go ahead and draw back your bow.
Slipping and a-sliding, creeping and a-hiding.
That’s the Jailhouse Rock or the prisoners are rioting.
La-la-la-la-la-la late at night.
We’re gonna Rock Around the Clock until the broad daylight.
Under the Boardwalk, Up on the Roof.
16 Candles and eternal youth.
All my love, all my kissin’, you don’t know what you been missin’, Oh Boy.
Oh, Donna, what makes you so coy?
In the Still of the Night, I hear the Downbound Train
And the sound of the men working on the Chain Gang.
Walk Like a Man, Big Girls Don’t Cry.
Maybe this’ll be the day-ay-ay that I die.

3b. Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream.
And it looks to me like this could be The Real Thing.
I haven’t felt this good since I don’t know when
And I might not feel this good again.

credits

from The Misnomer, released July 27, 2012
Joshua Levering introduced the song.
The Mispronouncer made the beat, wrote the lyrics, and performed the vocals.

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