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LEISURE SUIT
(c) 1997 Finetti/Greene/Shapiro Right Sum Music (BMI)
All Rights Reserved.  Used by Permission.
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In the seventies I was in my teens
Cruising with my girlfriends
I was happy it seems, in my t-shirt and jeans
I didn't care for new trends

On the day my mom found out about the prom
She said "No more jeans and tennies
I think you'd look real cute in a three-piece suit
I'm taking you to Penny's"

And we went
    Looking for a leisure suit
    Looking for a leisure suit
    Didn't want it then, but now I want that suit again

My mother told the clerk "The lime-green will work"
And then she took a picture
She said "Be sure to watch if there's room in the crotch"
I thought I heard a snicker

On the day I wed, she laid that suit on my bed
And said "Wear it down the aisle"
Of all the things to save, the one I'll wear to my grave
Will finally be in style

And I'll be
    Married in a leisure suit
    Buried in a leisure suit
    Polyester yes, but always looking freshly pressed

    Every time we had a guest
    I would button up my vest
    Get out the Minolta, here comes John Travolta now

        For twenty years it hung in the hallway closet    (Out o' sight)
        Next to the picture of the prom     (Dy-no-mite)
        I tried it on once to see if it fit me    (Mi-tee- tight)
        And I got bit by my own dog     (Fi-do bite)
        These days I'm goin' through them changes     (Go-in' down)
        When I go out into the night     (On the town)
        I hear that double-knit a' callin'     (You a clown)
        I'm out to take that Angel Flyte

In the year 2525
What will be in fashion
Maybe big lapels, and twenty-two inch bells
That's when i plan to cash in

Cuz I'll be 
    Getting in my leisure suit
    Sweating in my leisure suit
    Didn't want it then, but now I'll wear that suit again

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