Playing out the time
Latter day existence
Perpetual reminiscence
Whatever seemed to worry us so
We could never have known
There were greater things
So much more to lose

This is the end of an era
The death of an age
You'll never see the like again
To see the end of an era
Can cut to the heart
To be living through the change
The day will come
You'd better say goodbye

Ten years from now
You'll be looking back on this day
Wishing you were here again
Take a look around
At the endangered faces
The people and places
That shape your life
Don't you let them go
Without a fight

This is the end of an era
The death of an age
You'll never see the like again
To see the end of an era
Can cut to the heart
To be living through the change
The day will come
You'd better say goodbye

No matter where or how
Make the most of now
Everything will disappear
Revolutions call
Institutions fall
The fruit of the greatest minds
One and all
Withers into the dust
As it must

This is the end of an era
The death of an age
You'll never see the like again
To see the end of an era
Can cut to the heart
To be living through the pain

You'll never see the like again
To be living through the pain
This is the end of an era
This is the end of an era
The day will come
This is the end of an age"