Class Of '57 Tabulatur von The Statler Brothers

Class Of '57
Recorded by The Statler Brothers
Written by Harold and Don Reid

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Tommy's selling used cars Nancy's fixing hair
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Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care
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Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make
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And Paul sells life insurance and part-time real estate

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Helen is a hostess Frank works at the mill
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Janet teaches grade school and probably always will
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Bob works for the city and Jack's in lab research
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And Peggy plays organ at the Presbyterian Church

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And the class of '57 had its dreams
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Oh we all thought we'd change the world 
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With our great works and deeds
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Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs
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The class of '57 had its dreams

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Betty runs a trailer park Jan sells Tupperware
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Randy's on an insane ward Mary's on welfare
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Charlie took a job with Ford Joe took Freddie's wife
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Charlotte took a millionaire and Freddie took his life

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John is big in cattle  Ray is deep in debt
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Where Mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet
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Linda married Sonny  Brenda married me
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And the class of all of us is just a part of history

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And the class of '57 had its dreams
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But living life day to day is never like it seems
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Things get complicated when you get past eighteen
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But the class of '57 had its dreams
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Oh the class of '57 had its dreams