When I think back   On all the crap I learned in high school   It's a wonder   I can think at all   And though my lack of education    Hasn't hurt me none   I can read the writing on the wall      Kodachrome   They give us those nice bright colours   They give us the greens of summers   Makes you think all the world's   A sunny day   I got a Nikon camera   I love to take a photograph   So mama don't take my Kodachrome away      If you took all the girls I knew   When I was single   And brought them all together   For one night   I know they'd never match   My sweet imagination   Everything looks better   In black and white      Kodachrome   They give us those nice bright colours   They give us the greens of summers   Makes you think all the world's   A sunny day   I got a Nikon camera   I love to take a photograph   So mama don't take my Kodachrome away      Mama don't take my Kodachrome away   Mama don't take my Kodachrome away