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100 Years Lyrics
The sun is warm as the day is long
Just got the feeling I can do no
wrong
Got a long way to walk can't afford
my next meal,
I tell a few lies, but my hunger is
real
and it...
Chorus
won't mean a thing in 100 years
no it won't mean a thing in 100
years
Mademoiselle tell me do you play
well if she shakes her head well
then that's OK
I watch her walk away in haste
there's just no accounting for
some people's taste
and it...
Chorus
Big angry man in the doorway there
Just keep on walking like I don't
care
Why you giving such an evil eye
could it be you were ignored by
every passerby
and it...
Chorus
Play in the park for tobacco and
food
then I excuse myself but they think
I'm rude
Tourist don't want me to end his
show
but this colorful attraction got
places to go
and it...
Chorus
Sit at the pier watch the sun go
down
Another lost little boy in a big old
town
I want to laugh, I want to cry
but no matter how hard I may try
Chorus 2X
Just got the feeling I can do no
wrong
my next meal,
I tell a few lies, but my hunger is
real
and it...
no it won't mean a thing in 100
years
well if she shakes her head well
then that's OK
I watch her walk away in haste
there's just no accounting for
some people's taste
and it...
Just keep on walking like I don't
care
Why you giving such an evil eye
could it be you were ignored by
every passerby
and it...
food
then I excuse myself but they think
I'm rude
Tourist don't want me to end his
show
but this colorful attraction got
places to go
and it...
down
Another lost little boy in a big old
town
I want to laugh, I want to cry
but no matter how hard I may try
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The chorus, at least, seems pretty self-explanatory. Most of the song seems to be about some of his experiences: Lovers rejecting him, people hating him, people loving him to much, hard times, good times. But in the chorus, he says that, in 100 years, none of it will mean anything. No matter how hard he tries to change that, eventually he will be dead and forgotten. No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years.
Someone shared this song with me and I got really into it. No matter all the ups and downs we experience day to day or month to month, it won't mean a thing in 100 years.