[00:00.00]Lyrics:Jimmy Buffett Music:Jimmy Buffett[00:07.74]Now they make new movies in old black and white[00:12.09]With happy endings, where nobody fights[00:15.33]So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage[00:18.87]Honey, jump right up and show your age[00:24.09]Chorus:[00:25.95]I wish I had a pencil thin mustache[00:33.66]The 'Boston Blackie' kind[00:34.26]A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket[00:37.17]And an autographed picture of Andy Devine[00:41.64]I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny[00:45.75]Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny[00:48.51]Oh I wish I had a pencil thin mustache[00:52.59]Then I could solve some mysteries too[00:56.10]Then it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast[01:00.51]Drinkin' on a fake I.D.[01:03.63]Yeah, and Rama of the jungle was everyone's Bawana[01:08.07]But only jazz musicians were smokin' *********[01:10.41]Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache[01:15.90]Then I could solve some mysteries too[01:29.67]Then it's flat top, dirty bob, coppin' a feel[01:39.12]Grubbin' on the livin' room floor (so sore)[01:42.18]Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge,[01:46.59]But all you want to do is learn how to score[01:49.92]Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear[01:54.06]I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair[01:58.17]But I can go to movies and see it all there[02:01.56]Just the way that it used to be[02:03.99]Chorus:[02:05.25]That's why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache[02:10.08]The 'Boston Blackie' kind[02:11.67]A two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket[02:17.22]And an autographed picture of Andy Devine[02:20.37]Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be[02:24.42]Maybe suave Errol Flynn or the Sheik of Araby[02:27.66]If I only had a pencil thin mustache[02:32.61]Then I could do some cruisin' too[02:34.17]Coda:[02:36.06]Yeah, Bryl-cream, a little dab'll do yah[02:40.32]Oh, I could do some cruisin' too