The Last Good Year

[Pigfarmer Jr]

The Last Good Year
Pigfarmer Jr
(With apologies to Procopius)

The Vandals were in defeat
The soldiers took their daughters and wives
But God took away the sun
We pray to God to forgive our sins

The sun did not shine
Just like an eclipse
As we shed a tear
For the last good year
535 A
535 A
535 AD

Men were not free from war
Men were not free from pestilence
Men were not free from death
Beginning in the year 636

The sun did not shine
Just like an eclipse
As we shed a tear
For the last good year
535 A
535 A
535 AD

A most dread portent took place that year
For the beams the sun shed were anything but clear
It gave forth its light without brightness

The sun did not shine
Just like an eclipse
As we shed a tear
For the last good year
535 A
535 A
535 AD

[JonPorobil]

The Last Good Year
by Jon Porobil

Four feet by eighteen inches
Laid your whole life out flat
Prepared to hurtle down a highway
Watching mosquitoes
Watching mosquitoes go splat

I’ve been walking, an emotional wreck
Nostalgia for the treads of boots on my neck
Talk it out with ghosts, naming a fear
Is this the worst year ever or the last good year?

Eleven hundred miles
This truck with sagging shocks
Grainy memories, like highway behind us
Worn out like holes
Worn away like holes in your socks

I’ve been walking, an emotional wreck
Nostalgia for the treads of boots on my neck
Talk it out with ghosts, naming a fear
Is this the worst year ever or the last...?

Good year
Say goodnight to the city you know
Good year
Then go

I’ve been walking, an emotional wreck
Nostalgia for the treads of boots on my neck
Talk it out with ghosts, naming a fear
Is this the worst year ever or the last good year?

I’ve been walking, an emotional wreck
Nostalgia for the treads of boots on my neck
Talk it out with ghosts, naming a fear
Is this the worst year ever or the last good year?

Is this the last good year?
The last good year

[dirgetheband]

Dirge - The Last Good Year

I saw that you went out on your own
I hope you find success in being alone
I saw that you went out and I bet it's hard

I saw that you lost someone important to you
I wonder if you now know just what to do
I saw that you lost someone and I bet it's hard

But that was your last, your last good year
And that was your last, your last good year
All of your time since then, would you want to do it again
Cause that was you last, your last good year

Bet you know that I've moved on
Since that time I've grown up and it's not much fun
So many years ago, sincerely hope you know

And that was my last, my last good year
And that was my last, my last good year
All of my days since then don't want to do it again
And that was my last, my last good year

And that was our last, our last good year
And that was our last, our last good year
And all of our years since then don't want to revisit them
Cause that was our last, our last good year

[the panna cotta army]

The Last Good Year
the pannacotta army

The last good year?
I can't remember it
It's so long ago
Since then they've all been shit
I've blocked them out
Erased the memory of them all

The last good year
Are you sure that it was so great?
It's all relative
And people exaggerate
It's all a blur
And I've grown so cynical in between

I don't care, no I just don't care anymore

The last good year
I've forgotten how good it was
I still feel the pain
But everything else is lost
I don't want to know
My eyes are closed on the past

[WreckdoMelle]

The Last Good Year - WreckdoM

The last good year
Was before you got here
Sorry you missed it brother
Back when everything was better

The last good year
Was it 1985?
The winning field goal
Wedding bells, newborn cries

When was the last time
Ronald Reagan was alive?

The last good year
They had returnable bottles
The last good year
Cars ran on leaded gas
You could wave Old Glory
Down on Main Street
Gee our old LaSalle ran great
Those were the days

[Paco Del Stinko]

The Last Good Year - Paco del Stinko

You've got a lot to do you're busy making plans
But time marches on you're gonna understand
The last good year you have is now
So you tell yourself you better stick around

What does the future bring I don't know til it arrives
And all the plans you made they all get left behind
The last good year you have is here
You've got to move while the coast is still clear

The days feel long but the years fly by
You better step it up don't waste your time
It's time to get up on your feet and start to moving
Every second that you wait is life you're losing

Maybe I don't know much but I won't be here for long
The last good year you have is gone
I know that I'm right but I hope you prove me wrong

The days feel long but the years fly by
You better step it up don't waste your time
It's time to get up on your feet and start to moving
Every second that you wait is life you're losing

It's time to get up on your feet and start to moving

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah alright
I'm gonna go to the show tonight alright
I'm gonna go to the show
I'm gonna go to the show tonight oh yeah alright

[MellyP]

The Last Good Year
hoodmo

Just a prof on the last train home
I’ve never felt this low
School term is ending
But only for me

It seems I failed to see my mistake
So now I’m doomed to repeat it
History’s cancelled
Retroactively

You branded John Wayne as a homophobe?
Don’t send out a posse
‘Cos he’s buried deep in the ground
Henry Ford spread hate, the most racist kind
Descendants own his firm
So trash your old Explorer if you think it’s all related

I’m drowning in suspension
My tenure won’t keep me dry
Can’t we just talk anymore?
When did the stakes get so high?

When was the last good year
When everyone behaved well?
Where are my old textbooks?
And what’s that burning smell?