Last Man On Earth

Loudon Wainwright III

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    In the year 2000
    my age was 53
    born in the first half
    of the last century
    I always was post-modern
    but that's ancient history

    Now I'm the last man on Earth
    that's what the matter is with me

    I guess I'm old fashioned
    Retro to a degree
    you could say I'm a throw-back
    anachronistically
    air conditioning is here to stay
    and that makes me unhappy

    cause I'm the last man on Earth
    that's what the matter is with me

    I don't have a portfolio
    I gotta pleed guilty
    the best things are the worthless now
    that's just because they're free
    and if your not a millionaire yet
    boy, you better be

    Now, I'm the last man on Earth
    that's what the matter is with me

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    I should be optimistic
    and go buy some bonds and stocks
    They'll find a cure for Cancer soon
    we may get trigger-locks
    existence is no picnic
    as statistics all have shown
    we learn to live together
    and then we die alone

    everybody's got a website
    but that's all Greek to me
    I don't own a computer
    I hate that letter "e"
    I don't pack a cell phone
    or drive an SUV

    Yes, I'm the last man on Earth
    that's what the matter is with me

    I'm the last man standing
    save the last dance for me
    I've taken the last train to Clarksville
    I'm the fifth monkey
    nice guys always finish last
    no one's nicer than me

    Yeah, I'm the last man on Earth
    That's what the matter is with me

    Kid's used to say their prayers at night
    before they went to bed
    St. John told us that God is love
    Nietzsche said he was dead
    this thing we call existence
    who knows what it all means?
    Time and Life and People
    are just glossy magazines

    I sat and watched those guys
    debate each other on TV
    politicians, wrestlers
    they're all the same to me
    hey, I don't give a damn
    which idiot runs this country

    Since I'm the last man on Earth
    It don't matter to me

    In the year 2000
    my age was 53
    I know that I'm grumpy
    middle-aged crazy
    but if you are a woman
    you might have to sleep with me

    Since I'm the last man on Earth
    and I can guarantee
    I'm the last man on Earth
    and there ain't nothing wrong with me.

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    Composition: Loudon Wainwright III

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