Well the old world may be dead   Our parents can't understand   But I still love my parents   And I still love the old world   Oh, I had a New York girlfriend   And she couldn't understand how I could   Still love my parents and still love the old world   So I told her:   I want to keep my place in the old world   Keep my plave in the arcane   'Cause I still love my parents and I still love the old world   Alright   I say old world   I say old world   I say      Well I see a '50's apartment house   Bleak in the morning sun   But I still love the '50's   And I still love the old world   I wanna keep my place in the old world   Keep my place in the arcane   'Cause I still love my parents and I still love the old world   Alright      I see the '50's apartment house   It's bleak in the 1970's sun   But I still love the '50's   And I still love the old world   I wanna keep my place in this old world   Keep my place in the arcane knowledge   And I still love the '50's and I still love the old world      Alright now we say bye bye old world   Gotta help the new world   Oh bye bye   I say bye bye bye bye old world