Picture Book

 

Other Songs

  1. Sunny Afternoon 1966
  2. Waterloo Sunset 1967
  3. Last of the Steam Powered Trains 1968
  4. Picture Book 1968
  5. Victoria 1969 (live 1979)
  6. You Really Got Me 1964 (live 1979)
  7. Till the End of the Day 1965 (live 1993)

When David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was asked in an interview if he could name any song he wishes he might have created, he replied it would be The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset, and went on to praise the song. www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=4147

As Ray Davies admitted in an interview, "The Lyrics could be better" but they were "heartfelt and sincere" and "they dovetail with the music perfectly."

And to paraphrase an old comment "if at 20 you have no love for God, for God's people, for God's creation, you have no heart, if at 40 you're not a conservative, you have no sense." But heart comes first.

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Picture Book - 1968

Picture yourself when you're getting old
You're sat by the fireside a-pondering on

Picture book, pictures of your mama
Taken by your papa, a long time ago
Picture book of people with each other
To prove they love each other, a long time ago
Na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na
Picture book, picture book

A picture of you in your birthday suit
You sat in the sun on a hot afternoon

Picture book, your mama and your papa
And fat old uncle Charlie out cruising with their friends
Picture book, a holiday in August
Outside a bed and breakfast in sunny Southend
Picture book, when you were just a baby
Those days when you were happy, a long time ago
Na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na
Picture book, picture book