DON'T FORGET TO SAY GRACE

“And you tell meeee, over and over and over again…”
“………………….............over and over and over again…”

Lana was stunned when I started singing along.

“Dad! You said you didn’t know the Pessimist Song!”

“Huh?”

“The Pessimist Song. I asked you if you knew the Pessimist Song and the Optimist Song, and you said you didn’t!”

“Oh, that’s the Pessimist Song? Of course I know that—it’s Eve of Destruction. What’s the Optimist Song?”

“Last night I dreamed the strangest dream…”

Resolved: Lana’s teacher is a fecking hippie.

Anyway, I searched iTunes, and downloaded Eve of Destruction for her. We sat on the couch, and Lana sang along in a light lilting soprano that put Barry McGuire to shame…