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Sunday, April 5, 2009
In the Year 2525
In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survive they may find
In the year 3535 Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do and say Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545 Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes You won't find a thing to chew Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555 Your arms hanging limp at your sides Your legs got nothing to do Some machine's doing that for you
In the year 6565 Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too From the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa-oh
In the year 7510 If God's a-comin' He oughta make it by then Maybe He'll look around Himself and say Guess it's time for the judgment day
In the year 8510 God is gonna shake His mighty head He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been Or tear it down and start again, whoa-oh
In the year 9595 I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive He's taken everything this old Earth can give And he ain't put back nothin', whoa-oh
Now it's been ten thousand years Man has cried a billion tears For what he never knew Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night The twinkling of starlight So very far away Maybe it's only yesterday
In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survive, they may find....
The song is definitely a thought provoking message. Strangely, it is one of those recordings that was a tremendous hit (six weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Top 40) but seldom played on even oldies radio formats. Maybe programmers regard it as a downer, yet, In the Year 2525 made Zager and Evans into one of the most successful one hit wonders ever.
I remember this great song. Thanks for posting the video.
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ReplyDeleteEven though the song paints a relatively negative view of humanities future, I think it does stimulate thought about the fate of our species.
I think most Americans are futurist who fundamentally believe in a better tomorrow. But its up to us who exist today-- to make it so!
The song is definitely a thought provoking message. Strangely, it is one of those recordings that was a tremendous hit (six weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Top 40) but seldom played on even oldies radio formats. Maybe programmers regard it as a downer, yet, In the Year 2525 made Zager and Evans into one of the most successful one hit wonders ever.
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