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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name = The Last Ten Years
| Name = The Last Ten Years
| Cover =  
| Cover = ME-Ferryman2.jpg
| Caption = ''Hey Mr. Ferryman'' cover
| Caption = ''Hey Mr Ferryman'' cover
| Artist = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Artist = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Album = [[Hey Mr. Ferryman]]
| Album = [[Hey Mr Ferryman]]
| Released = January 27, 2017
| Released = January 27, 2017
| Format = CD/LP
| Format = CD/LP
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# "[[The Road]]"
# "[[The Road]]"
# "[[Nothing And Everything]]"
# "[[Nothing And Everything]]"
# "[[An Angel's Wings Brushed The Penny Slots]]"
# "[[An Angel's Wing Brushed The Penny Slots]]"
# "[[In My Role As Professional Singer And Ham]]"
# "[[In My Role As Professional Singer And Ham]]"
# "[[Mr. Humphries]]"
# "[[Mr Humphries]]"
# "[[La Llorona]]"
# "[[La Llorona]]"
# "[[Just Because]]"
# "[[Just Because]]"
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'''"The Last Ten Years"''' is the first song on [[Mark Eitzel]]'s 11th studio album, 2017's ''[[Hey Mr. Ferryman]]''.  
'''"The Last Ten Years"''' is the first song on [[Mark Eitzel]]'s 11th studio album, 2017's ''[[Hey Mr Ferryman]]''. An early version (as "Last 10 Years") can be found on Eitzel's 2013 self-released tour CD, ''[[Glory]]''.
 
[[Mark Eitzel]] mentions in a 1992 interview in ''Musician'' magazine that the song at one point was called "I Spent The Last Five Years Trying To Waste Half An Hour."<ref name="Musician">{{cite magazine |last=Fong-Torres |first=Ben |date=July 1992 |title=American Music Club's Mark Eitzel: Underground Hero |url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027115440/http://www.geocities.com/richbraz/amcmusician92.html |magazine=Musician |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref> The song was originally written in 1989 and along with an initial solo demo given to [[American Music Club]], a full band studio version was recorded during the aborted ''[[Everclear]]'' sessions in December of 1989.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rateyourmusic.com/list/tkmallon/tom_mallon_recording__1978_present_/ | work=rateyourmusic.com | date= | author=Tom Mallon | title=Tom Mallon Recording (1978-present) | accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>


==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===Hey Mr Ferryman version===
The ferryman<br>
The ferryman<br>
Who takes me to my rest<br>
Who takes me to my rest<br>
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I spent the last ten years<br>
I spent the last ten years<br>
Trying to waste half an hour
Trying to waste half an hour
===Glory version===
I had a blast<br>
I was out of my head<br>
It killed my past<br>
It was like it was dead<br>
Spent all of my cash<br>
Now I'm like night's tragic hero<br>
A lightning flash then back to zero<br>
I spent the last 10 years<br>
Trying to waste half an hour
Look at me the VIP<br>
I really am so dope<br>
I'm feeling all the love<br>
Bourbon and Coke<br>
Like I tell the ferryman,<br>
I always make it home<br>
To a life that's built on sand<br>
And others on the phone<br>
I spent the last 10 years<br>
Trying to waste half an hour
I got my card to get me out of jail<br>
But they make it so easy<br>
I mean you can't really fail<br>
I mean they make it so easy<br>
'Cause once you go to hell<br>
You don't have a story<br>
All those whistles and bells<br>
They're called hope and glory<br>
I spent the last 10 years<br>
Trying to waste half an hour
Yeah I had a blast<br>
And somehow still standing<br>
I know I was the trash<br>
But now I'm understanding<br>
I know my mouth don't work<br>
And hey it's not my party<br>
Still I can't leave<br>
'Cause I've always been lucky


==Video==
==Video==
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==Also appears on==
==Also appears on==
* ''[[Hey Mr. Ferryman]]'' - UK limited bonus CD <small>Demo</small>
* ''[[Glory]]'' <small>Early version</small>
* ''[[Hey Mr Ferryman]]'' - UK limited bonus CD <small>Demo</small>


==References==
==References==

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