“The Class of ’57” is a song written by Don Reid and Harold Reid and recorded by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in August 1972.
One stanza goes like this:
And the class of ’57 had its dreams
But living life day to day is never like it seems
Things get complicated when you get past eighteen
But the class of ’57 had its dreams
I was just introduced to this song a few years ago. No, I’m not from the class of ‘57. I was only five in ’57, but I remember it well because my grandmother went from being Grammy to being Mrs. Gardner and life was never the same after that.
Anyway, this song is about a high school graduating class where its members believed they were going out to change the world. I sat in on enumerable graduation ceremonies, and they all believed they were going out to change the world. None ever did because the system is rigged. You don’t change the world, but the world sure changes you. Listen to the song and you will find yourself in there somewhere.
Be careful of the world:
for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
Use the world for the glory of God and don’t let it use and turn you into refuse.
Think about it.
Gary