I guess it is a fact of life or one can call it fate
That everything invented will be one day out of date.
Things come - things go. That's progress, friends. That's what life has in store
So here's my small memoriam to things that are no more.

There once were horse and carriages - Stagecoaches were the norm
And blocks of ice were used to keep one's beer from getting warm.
Goodbye to all these relics from the world of yesterday
And, while we're at it, there are one or two more, by the way.

Goodbye to garters! Women these days have no use for those.
No need to hold up stockings now that there are panty hose.
Goodbye to milk in bottles and the milkman at your door.
Goodbye to house call doctors who you won't see any more.

So long to big band era. We have gone through rock to rap.
(I'll give you my opinion when I understand that crap.)
Those 33's and 45's? No one remembers these.
Our music now resides in I-pods and on dvd's.

Goodbye to public phone booths, won't be seeing much of those.
Poor Superman would never find a place to change his clothes!
Now cellphones are the norm in this age of technology
And one can kiss goodbye those days that one had privacy.

Goodbye to silly virtues now that women have the pill.
Without the fear of pregnancy why not enjoy the thrill?
It used to be that birth control had several remedies,
The best one being aspirin - held tight between the knees!

Now mothers don't need fathers if they want to have a child.
They go down to the sperm bank to conceive one - ain't that wild?
Now husbands can have husbands and, yes, wives can now have wives
And we don't understand what's happened to our normal lives.

There used to be some privacy but that you can forget.
Everything about you can be found there on the net.
What are your likes or dislikes? Do you spend or are you frugal?
Everything about you can be found right there on Google.

A satelite shot will print for me a picture of your house.
I'll tell you your life's history with one click of the mouse.
If that alone won't make you yearn for simpler days gone by
The only question I have left to ask of you is - why???

So this is in memoriam to the world we used to know,
A time when life was simpler and meals were not "to go".
I know for every step ahead there is a price to pay
Yet still at times I yearn for simple days of yesterday.