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'''"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]]''. | '''"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== | ||