Old days David Seitz

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I rememba back in old canal zone there were plenty things

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that make that place home

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There was a Mary Jane cookie from the commisary

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Was a local maid make a “run down” for me

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The taste of a guinup was sour and sweet

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You step on black palm man it put a hurt on your feet oh yeah.

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Back in the old days Back in the gold days Talking bout slow days

Friday night owl show give you a fright

Tuli-vieja yeah she’ll grab you if youre out late at night

A mola is created from a thread and needle

Look in tennis for rhinocerus beetle

Cucujo with his glowing headlights of green

I keep him in a house made of fresh sugar cane oh yeah

Back in the old days Back in the gold days Talking bout slow days

Well A baby iguana run fast like your fadda

An a big Jesus lizard run on top of de watta

Azteca, condolia and falofa ant

You fight a Leaf cutter man him eat all of de plant

SS cristobal stock de furniture store

Gonna a be a month before they get anymore

Back in the old days, Back in the gold days Talking bout slow days

Out to Gamboa for a sizzling steak

Hope de long one way bridge don’t fall down and break

Golfing at Summit or Fort Amador

Get lucky make my B badge when I was just 4

Get some supplies from section I or section B

Out in dredging got a friend whos gonna make it for me oh yeah

Back in the old days, Back in the gold days Talking bout slow days

I rememba back in old canal zone were plenty things that make that place home

Diablo club house best burger and fries

Listen to shorty and slim because they nevva gonna tell you no lies

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Arroz compollo Football Jamboree

Take a chiva bus to Napoli

Balboa yatch club on a Friday night

Commisary baggers wear red and white

Riots and burning way back then

I was raised on channels eight and ten

Macaws pipa fria and cayuco race

Raspados and mangos stick to your face

Lazy hammock and a roach in the sink

A rum and coke is a national drink