Picture Palace
Model Town had a cinema a long, long time ago
It used to cost us ten rupees to see a picture show.
Cowboy films and comedies, cartoons and pathe news
And intervals in between for us to visit the loos.
A two-hour show on weekday nights with three on Sundays
Friday was a day of rest when we would go to pray.
And theirs many a model town couple who met beneath its roof
Fell in love and married, which only goes to prove.
That when the television came and the old cinema had to go
Model Town lost a way of life and not just a picture show.
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