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Van dyke parks |
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She slid on her dress under that melancholy moon |
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Somethin' to impress him hopin' he would be there soon |
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She gonna run away |
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He got a chevrolet |
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She wanted nat king cole |
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He got a jelly roll |
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Whole lotta heart and soul |
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Saphron(?) and a river rat are rappin' at her door |
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Take her to a picture show she sure ain't seen before |
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She was a debutant |
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Give it just what she want |
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You tell her just where to go |
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Down to the drive in show |
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You be my riverboat |
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Movies is magic |
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Real life is tragic |
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Fundamental though it seems |
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When you're livin' in your dream |
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And you wake up it's over |
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Movies is magic |
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Real life is tragic |
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I regret i gotta say |
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It is time we get away |
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To the movies and magic |
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Cowboy dressed like injun popped right off that silver screen |
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Scarlet up like a jukebox for a dreamboat delta queen |
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Raindroppin' all around |
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Put up the top you clown |
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And turn on the nat king cole |
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Off with the rock and roll |
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To the movies and magic |
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Movies is (movies is) magic (magic) |
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Movies is magic |
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Real life is tragic |
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And as time goes by and by |
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You will often wonder why |
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To the day that you die |
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'cause movies is magic |
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Movies is magic |
