Tommy?s selling used cars, Nancy?s fixing hair Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn?t care Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte?s on the make And Paul sells life insurance and part time real estate Helen is a hostess, Frank works at the mill Janet teaches grade school and probably always will Bob works for the city and Jack?s in lab research And Peggy play organ at the Presbyterian Church And the class of ?57 had its dreams We all thought we?d change the world with our great work and deeds Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs The class of ?57 had its dreams Move Capo to 3 ? Same chord progression Betty runs a trailer park, Jan sells Tupperware Randy on an insane ward, Mary?s on welfare Charlie took a job at Ford, Joe took Freddie?s wife Charlotte took a millionaire and Freddie took his life Johnny?s big in cattle, Ray is deep in debt Where Mavis finally would up is anybodies guess Linda married Sonny, Brenda married me And the class of all of us are just part of history Chorus 2: And the class of ?57 had its dreams But livin? life day to day is never like it seems Things get complicated when you get past 18 The class of ?57 had its dreams Aw, the class of ?57 had it?s dreams