Down the Drain - Allan Sherman: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Down the Drain

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Comedy

Down the Drain was released on January 1, 1967 by Rhino/Warner Records as a part of the album Togetherness

Song Details

AlbumTogetherness

Release DateJanuary 1, 1967

LabelRhino/Warner Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM107

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Allan Sherman

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Allan Sherman

Songwriter

A. Hague

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Allan Sherman

Producer

Lyrics

The sweetest things in life don't stay around for very long

They come and go and don't come back again (Come back again)

While they're here you feel so smug

That's when fate pulls out the plug

And the sweetest things in life go down the drain (Go down the drain)

What has happened to galoshes?

Down the drain (Down the drain)

Where's the Czar of all the Russias?

Down the drain (Down the drain)

And the five-cent candy bar?

And the good old Edsel car?

Gone where all the swell things are (Down, down, down, down)

Down the drain (Right down the drain)

Down the drain (Gone down the drain)

Where are telephone prefixes?

Down the drain (Down the drain)

They've all gone to where Tom Mix is

Down the drain (Down the drain)

Where's those grand old gold dust twins?

All those German Zeppelins

Boys who set up bowling pins (Pin, pin, pin, down)

Down the drain (Right down the drain)

Down the drain (Gone down the drain)

Drain, drain, drain, drain (Down, down, down)

Suppose we made a fuss about the double-decker bus?

Do you suppose they'd bring it back again? (Bring back again)

Fountain pens that use real ink

Coins that don't go clunk, but clink

The things we love are sinking down the drain

All the things I love are sinking down the drain

Where are all those kamikazes?

Down the drain (Down the drain)

And the Hotel Savoy-Plazas?

Down the drain (Down the drain)

Where's the New York World's Fair?

Just last year, I saw it there

In the heart of Flushing (Where?)

Flushing

Down the drain (Right down)

Flushing down the drain (Right down the drain)

Flushing down the drain

Written by: A. Hague, A. Sherman

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