It's "The End of The World" As I Knew It

I’ll concede this might be the smoking gun that many seek proving I’m an idiot, but I would argue that a veritable cache of weapons exists if one looks hard enough.

While sitting in a restaurant recently Skeeter Davis’s 1963 hit “The End of The World” was playing and it finally dawned on me that she was singing “Don’t they know it’s the end of the world” instead of what I thought she was singing from the time I was a little boy “Don’t say no; it’s the end of the world” (which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever but – hey – I was a child).

There is no joke here. It’s just that a half century long error is kind of amusing…

BILL

PS – She hated being introduced during gigs as “Miss Skeeter Davis.” (OK, I guess that counts as a joke.)

Why does the sun go on shining
Why does the sea rush to shore
Don't they know it's the end of the world
'Cause you don't love me any more

Why do the birds go on singing
Why do the stars glow above
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye

Why does Bill keep sending emails.
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye