The Last Ten Years

Horrifyingly bad facelift aside, I picked up and rather enjoyed Kenny Rogers' new CD titled Water & Bridges.

Track #8 is called The Last Ten Years (Superman). The lyrics of this song really resonated with me, and the melody isn't too bad either. But it's the lyrics that got me.

Here they are for your viewing pleasure:

The Last Ten Years (Superman)
by Tommy Conners & D. Vincent Williams

Oh the last ten years, it's been quite a trip
Over thirty-six hundred spins without a cosmic slip.
But within the realm of our atmosphere
We're about as out of whack as we've ever been in a million years.

We watched the Y2K scare in a panic
We watched time prove Nostradamus wrong
We watched as Mother Nature shook the planet
And cellular replaced the telephone
We lost Charlie Brown, Ray Charles, and Johnny Cash,
We even lost Superman.

Well the last ten years, look at the hills we've climbed
The best golfer's black, the best rapper's white and it's about damn time.
But we'd best beware, there's a brand new fight you see
And I hate to say we might be our own worst enemy.

We watched Oklahoma sifting through the damage
And we watched a U.S. president get caught
We watched shareholders watch their savings vanish
We all cried when we watched those towers fall
We lost Minnie Pearl, Ron Reagan, and Sam I Am
We even lost Superman.

Expensive gas and free downloads, the dot com boom and reality shows
What's gonna happen next is anyone's guess
Satellite radio and hybrid cars, handheld computers and a trip to Mars
It's all become a part of who we are, in the last ten years.

In the last ten years we lost George Harrison, John Paul, and June Carter Cash
Hell, we even lost Superman.

So whoever the hell Tommy Conners & D. Vincent Williams are, I'd just like to say;
Great job boys!