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Tommy's selling used cars
Nancy's fixing hair
Harvey runs a grocery store
And Margaret doesn't care.
Jerry drives a truck for Sears
And Charlotte's on the make
And Paul sells life unsurance
And part time real estate.
Helen is a hostess
Frank works at the mill
Janet teaches grade school
And prob'ly always will.
Bob works for the city
And Jack's in lab research
And Peggy plays organ
At the Presbyterian Church.
And the class of '57 has dreams
We all thought we'd change the world
With our great works and deeds
Or maybe we just thought the world
Would change to fit our needs.
The class of '57 had dreams.
Betty runs a trailer park
Jan sells Tupperware
Randy's on an insane ward
And Mary's on welfare.
Charlie took a job with Ford
And Joe took Freddie's wife
Charlotte took a millionaire
And Freddie took his life.
John is big in cattle
Ray is deep in debt
Where Mavis finally wound up
Is anybody's bet.
Linda married Sonny
And Brenda married me
And the class of all of us
Is just a part of history.
And the class of '57 has dreams
But living life day to day
Is never like it seems
Things get complicated when
You get past eighteen.
But the class of '57 had its dreams.
Oh, the class of '57 had dreams...
Nancy's fixing hair
Harvey runs a grocery store
And Margaret doesn't care.
And Charlotte's on the make
And Paul sells life unsurance
And part time real estate.
Frank works at the mill
Janet teaches grade school
And prob'ly always will.
And Jack's in lab research
And Peggy plays organ
At the Presbyterian Church.
We all thought we'd change the world
With our great works and deeds
Or maybe we just thought the world
Would change to fit our needs.
The class of '57 had dreams.
Jan sells Tupperware
Randy's on an insane ward
And Mary's on welfare.
And Joe took Freddie's wife
Charlotte took a millionaire
And Freddie took his life.
Ray is deep in debt
Where Mavis finally wound up
Is anybody's bet.
And Brenda married me
And the class of all of us
Is just a part of history.
But living life day to day
Is never like it seems
Things get complicated when
You get past eighteen.
But the class of '57 had its dreams.
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Submitted by
hakimike On Feb 26, 2008
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The Statler Brothers were always my mother's favorite band, so I do have the nostalgia factor working for me. But, ahh, the older I get, the more I believe that this is one of the saddest songs that I've ever known. All about the pain that comes with just growing up and growing old, and realizing that we will not change the world, and for most of us, our lofty dreams will not come true. The line "Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs" always breaks my heart, and the line "things get complicated, when you get past 18" gets me all teary-eyed. I, myself, was the class of '90, but the song still, and always will remain, poignant and oh-so relevant.
What a great song and yet so sad at the same time...