Story Behind The Song
who hasn't gone to a class reunion, or thought about it, and how people have changed--including yourself?
Song Description
how people change years later, as seen at a class reunion
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Worried, Cheerful |
Subject |
School, Change |
| Similar Artists |
Vince Gill, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES
Music and Lyrics by Daniel Curzon
415-585-3410/ email: curzon@pacbell.net
Chorus:
THE STARS KEEP ON BURNIN?.
THE WHEELS KEEP ON TURNIN?.
BUT NOBODY?S FIGURED OUT WHY.
CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES --WHY DO WE TRY?
CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES --THEY?LL NEVER DIE.
IS THIS THE WAY IT ALWAYS MUST BE?
AND I WONDER WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF ME.
AND I WONDER WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF ME.
Verse #1
THE GIRL THAT I HATED, THE PROM QUEEN, WAS FADED.
AND I BARELY REMEMBERED MY FRIENDS.
THE NERD NOW WAS HANDSOME,
THE CLASS CLOWN WAS LONESOME,
AND THE JOCK HAD SOME DOWN WITH TWO DOUBLE CHINS.
Repeat Chorus
Verse #2
THE ONE I ONCE WANTED SEEMED TIRED AND HAUNTED,
AND EVERYONE HAD SEEN BETTER HAIR.
SOME HAD ADVENTURES,
AND SOME HAD BAD DENTURES,
AND SWEET MARGARET MARY MCNABB WASN?T THERE.
Repeat Chorus
Verse #3
THE GIRL WHO HAD HEAD LICE WAS NOW REALLY QUITE NICE,
AND ROBBIE ORTEGA WENT GAY.
THAT GUY WHO WOULD HASSLE
WAS STILL JUST AN ASSHOLE,
AND I COULDN?T WAIT TILL I GOT AWAY!
Repeat Chorus
Repeat last lines of Chorus, more slowly, more thoughtfully