The Class Of '57

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 insurance And part-time real estate Helen is a hostess Frank works at the mill Jenett teaches grade school And probably 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 had its 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 its dreams Betty runs a trailer park Jan sells Tupperware Randy's on an insane war 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 Brenda married me And the class of all of us is just part of history And the class of '57 had its dreams But living life, day and 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 its dreams