Tim Minchin - What Was 06 For? lyrics

What was 06 for? What defines it as a special one? Was it particularly long? Was it especially fun? What was 06 for? Did it treat us any differently? Were the things that happened really All that extraordinary? This year was just like any other year The war was just the same old silly war Like beer just tastes like any other beer It's the same as the last year and the year before So let's move on You can't lament these fickle days Just close your eyes and drink champagne And toss this washed-up year away A year is like a library book It's only as a loan It's just another year flown It's just another year blown What was 06 for? Let's look at it realistically Its only a**et's recency What did it actually mean to me? I guess I had a pretty good year I bought a leather sofa, which was a dream of mine And it only cost 400 quid It's amazing all the savings you can make online I've been sticking to low-glycemic foods With the aim of trying to stay in shape And it's also been good for my moods So I don't snap at my wife when she's running late These things may seem petty on a global scale I could live in Lebanon or Pakistan But recently I had to do a tour in Wales So suffering is something that I understand And any New Year's guilt Any empathy we feel Will be neatly overcome With a shandy and a meal If there's one thing we can count on It's our comforting amnesia 06 was bloody Africa 05 was Indonesia But the tsunami of immediacy Washes away the flood of grief And reveals a layer of naive Optimism underneath So let's move on You can't lament these fickle days Just close your eyes and drink champagne And toss this washed-up year away A year is like a guinea pig It's cuter when it's gone It's just another year flown It's just another year blown And there'll always be another But not for my grandmother For her, there won't be any more For 06 was the last year for my nana What was 06 for? Is it time we all just moved along? So, my paternal granny's gone - I've still got another one What was 06 for? Is it just another year flown? Is it just the [?] blown? You turn your back and the damn thing's gone Time flies when you're having fun So let's move on You can't lament these fickle days Just close your eyes and drink champagne And toss this washed-up year away A year is like an elephant You're not allowed to take one home It's just another year flown It's just another year blown A year is like virginity You only miss it once it's gone It's just another year flown It's just another year blown Should all of us be getting gone? Should all of you be heading home?