A long, long time ago
I can still remember how television shows used to make me smile
And, I knew I would have my chance to make my own characters live and dance, and…
Maybe, they’d be heroes for awhile
But, series come and series go that truly did deliver
Bad news on the steps of cancellation – I couldn’t be with them no longer
I can’t remember if I cried when I thought they would die
Something touched me deep inside when Vic Mackey and Tommy Gavin survived…
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
Did you write those chapters so eloquently and do you have faith in happy endings?
If so, please tell me so.
Now, do you believe a burned spy could become a hero? Can love save his soul? And…
Does it have to be time that you have to go?
Well, I know V is in love with him, ’cause she had him at hello and gunpoint.
They kicked off the series, arm and arm, digging the cataclysms and dodging bullets
I was a lonely writer with characters of my own, but…
I knew I needed inspiration and found it a “Burn Notice” Spy
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
Now, years later, we’ve been chasing the “24” hour, looking to call Jack Bauer back home, but…
“Touched” is how things used to be
When Borne and Bond came crashing in, borrowed from pages of heroes and dreams
In a voice that came from character and across the screen
Oh, and while they blast away and kick some butt, they truly were the kings
The living room was adjourned with no more heroes to be returned
And, while I read a book on fiction, Reality TV practiced their invasion, and…
I sang away for fiction to return to a tv world that surely had died…
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
A “Royal Pains” in the summer swelter – the “Suits” flew off with intentions of making the world better
The “Dome’s” miles high and falling fast
It landed hard on Stephen King’s beautiful grass
The players tried for a “Necessary Roughness” pass with “Graceland” at the beach, having a blast
Now, “Continuum” is the time of sweet mystery while “Dexter” plays to his last marching beat
We’re all caught up in a trance, oh, but is it meant to last
Cause cancellations storm the field – the ratings refused to yield
Do you recall when the fans’ power had died?
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
And, then there we were, all in one place – generations of a new found space
With “Falling Skies” and “Star Trek” starting again
So, come on, zombies be nimble, the “Walking Dead” be quick – vampires and humans do not click, cause…
Death is the vampire’s only friend
And, “Defiance” shines across the stage, clenched with drama and wars to rage
No closed gates of Hell could break that “Supernatural” spell
And, as finales climbed high into the night to light the summer flight, I saw
Reality TV laughing with delight at one day fiction could have died
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
I met characters who sang the Blues, and I watched their battles leave them bruised
They just smiled and turned away
I went down their story lines where I’d found them once again like before, but…
Now, there was no more time to play
And, in the streets the ending screamed, lovers cried, and heroes never forgotten dreamed, but…
No more words need to be spoken – the heroes remained, never broken
And, characters I admire most have become nothing but a ghost, they…
Caught the last train down where fan fiction will keep them alive
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
Now, bye bye Mr. “Burn Notice” Spy
Adios to Sam, Maddy, Jesse and V, bye
That good old gang is now hanging out, and Sam is drinking and singing
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
This’ll be the day to say good-bye
