1976

Saw your picture in the paper today
 And I couldn't believe my eyes
 Dead before your time
 But so long beyond your prime
 Looking nothing like the memory
 From when I was a kid
 Golden hair flowing down
 On your knees, grooming the pitcher's mound
 And it's always 1976
 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks
 So many things that the years won't fix
 Always 1976, always 1976
 Set against a fading motor city
 And Richard Nixon's shame
 A rock star had arrived
 Fidrych comes alive
 And I know that it's hardly fair
 To say you won't grow old
 But forgive me if I try
 To keep that faded image in my eyes
 And it's always 1976
 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks
 So many things that the years won't fix
 Always 1976, always 1976
 What does it say for the rest of us
 When our heroes die and leave us alone?
 What does it say for the rest of us
 When we wake up and find this bird has flown?
 And it's always 1976
 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks
 So many things that the years won't fix
 It's always 1976, always 1976
 Always 1976
 Always 1976
 Always 1976
 Always 1976