Here´s an old, old story ´Bout a man and a woman Gone off to California ´Cause they just got married All their friends in Boston
Are so very happy They´re dancing in the doorway ´Cause their friends got married He gets a job Working in a car wash up in Santa Cruz She gets a job Teaching at a nursery school Oh, she´s so nice. What´s gonna happen to ´em soon They have a little white-haired baby Looks just like his daddy And they´re all real happy A couple years go by She´s going to see the doctor It´s just a regular checkup (oh no) Plus she thinks she might be pregnant Anyway, she dies And he moves down to Los Angeles Meets a foolish young girl with lots of money