Mary Frances Penick (December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004), better known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer best known for her crossover pop music songs.
In this tear-jerker ballad, the end of the world is strictly metaphorical. But truthfully if the world were actually ending, could Skeeter Davis have sounded any sadder?. The opening lines are apocalyptic poetry: "Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Don't they know it's the end of the world?"
Skeeter Davis goes on to wonder why the birds go on singing and ends with a heartbreaking sigh of "I can't understand how life goes on the way it does." I think that I might get a little bummed out if this song isn't playing when the Rapture comes.
End of the World by Skeeter Davis
Why does the sun go on shining
Why does the sea rush to shore
Don't they know it's the end of the world
'Cause you don't love me any more
Why does the sea rush to shore
Don't they know it's the end of the world
'Cause you don't love me any more
Why do the birds go on singing
Why do the stars glow above
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love
Why do the stars glow above
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love
I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does
Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
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