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When that old age pension check comes to our door
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We won't have to dread the poor house anymore
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Though we're old and thin and gray good times will be back to stay
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When our old age pension check comes to our door
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When her old age pension check comes to her door
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Dear old grandma won't be lonesome any more
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She'll be waitin' at the gate every night she'll have a date
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When her old age pension check comes to her door
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D# G#
Grow a flowin' long white beard and use a cane
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'Cause you're in your second childhood don't complain
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Life will just begin at sixty we'll all feel very frisky
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When our old age pension check comes to our door
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Powder and paint will be abolished on that day
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Ankle skirts will then be brought back into play
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Painted cheeks will be the rage and old maids will tell their age
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When their old age pension check comes to their door
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D# G#
All the drug stores will go bankrupt on that day
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For cosmetics they will all be put away
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I'll put the flapper on the shelf get a Grandma for myself
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When our old age pension check comes to our door
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There's a man that turned this country upside-down
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With his old age pension rumor going 'round
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If you want in on the fun send your dime to Washington
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And that old age pension man will be around
