The Old Age Pension Check

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When that old age pension check 
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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 
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good times will be back to stay
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When our old age pension check 
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comes to our door
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When her old age pension check 
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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  
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every night she'll have a date
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When her old age pension check 
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comes to her door

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[Verse]
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Grow a flowin' long white beard and
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 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  
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we'll all feel very frisky
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When our old age pension check 
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comes to our door
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Powder and paint will be abolished 
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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  
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and old maids will tell their age
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When their old age pension check 
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comes to their door

[Verse]
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All the drug stores will go 
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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  
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get a Grandma for myself
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When our old age pension check 
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comes to our door
There's a man that turned this 
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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 
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your dime to Washington
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And that old age pension man will 
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be around