THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE

One of the first songs that I learned all the way through was Meet the Mets.

This was the pre-PC “Bring the kiddies/Bring the wife” version, and it sounded like Rheingold and sunstroke.

By the mid 70s, I had altered the opening lyrics, to reflect the fact that the team was in a torpor: “Meet the Mets/Beat the Mets/Step right up, defeat the Mets...”

I am reminded of this now because they are in the midst of an epic freefall.

And I almost wish I had never learned that damn song at all...