Retrograde By the time I was born we were four years deep in the shitter And we blamed it on Jimmy Carter but we don't know how it started And oh we miss the unions, and oh we miss the Who And our high school reunions don't do what we want'em to And oh we all miss our closure and we were all born poseurs So we just answer "no sir, I never purchased most of those commemorative posters" Hey don't you know what this is supposed to be This ain't 1973 Hey don't you know what we're supposed to do This ain't 1972 She gets it on and she don't care who it's with And it makes her feel so strong drinking vodka by the fifth When the rock stars come to see her it's like her father is still here And beer takes away the fear that they'll all disappear Oh dear she can't understand that they boys in the band Oh they just want a fan and they can't be her man, they say Hey don't you know what we've already done This ain't 1971 Hey don't you know who we're supposed to see This ain't 1970 Outside the bars on the corner at midnight in the South You duck the mourners and try your best to keep history out of your mouth Oh so man I won't say nothing but all our souls are dog shit And all our worldy caution won't make this country function And the theme park that we built out of guilt still will call us And we're drinking with George Wallace, and we're drinking with George Wallace, he says Hey don't you know what we were fighting for This ain't 1974 Hey don't you know that it's already too late This ain't 1968