The Day the Talkies Came Peter Straker

You could laugh till you cried
You could lose yourself a while
In the silent screen

You'd forget where you'd been
What you'd seen
You were part of the silver screen

All the world just passed you by
You just sat there starry-eyed
As the lady of the keys

Added atmosphere with ease by her expertise
And the hero got his man
While the Keystone cops were still trying to find the gang

All the world just passed you by

You just sat there starry-eyed
Ba-ba-da-ba-dum
Ba-ba-da-ba-dum

And then the day came when those
Talking pictures came to town
This innovation had people talking