View Master

copyright 1992 Urko Aldo music
words by Rand Bellavia and Adam L. Enlgish
music by Adam L. English and Rand Bellavia
performed by Ookla the Mok

I turned on the TV set
To check up on Battle of the Planets
At seven am on Saturday
But G-Force and Mr. Magoo
Went the way of the New Zoo Revue
And all my Super Friends have gone away

Daphne, Fred, and Velma what am I to do?
You've gone and left me hanging out with Scooby-Dum and Scrappy-Doo

All the countless hours we spent
Watching Jimmy Olsen, Lois, Perry, and Clark Kent
I guess George Reeves wasn't bullet-proof after all
Oh Captain Kangaroo
They broke the Creepy Crawler mold after they made you
And Mr. Moose ran out of ping-pong balls

My Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots have seen better days
And Mom just went and threw my Archie comics away

I'm gonna cry if I can't find my View Master
Etch-a-Sketch me a pretty picture
Go Speed Racer go a little faster
I could hear the voices of my childhood
When I traded in my Close and Play for a second-hand guitar
I was straining to hear I was straining to reach them
But Stretch Armstrong couldn't stretch that far

Slinkies and Slurpies and Crazy Straws
The Easter Bunny and Santa Claus
A Shogun Warrior, a Weeble, and Evel Knievel. . .

I opened my blue toy box
And found a couple dead spiders and pair of old socks
My Batman costume didn't seem to fit
All my Star Wars guys are gone
Except a headless Tuskin Raider and the Carbon Frozen Han
And Boba's still digesting in my sandbox Sarlacc pit

My NHL Slot Hockey's rusting underneath my bed
My Hungry Hungry Hippo's starving it's been years since he was fed

I can't believe it's been so long
Since I stayed up past my bedtime just to play a game of Pong
My Sit and Spin has got me in a whirl
Was it twenty years ago
That I'd get up once a week to watch the Krofft Supershow
With Electra Woman and Dynagirl?

I can hear the Sleestak pounding at my door
Since Puff the Magic Dragon ceased his mighty roar

Chorus

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