A/N: I saw Last Chance High today and the ending left me in tears. In case you haven't seen it, Doug and Tom basically agree to retire from being the McQuaid brothers and they do the McQuaid handshake/salute (whichever it is) and Tom jumps into Doug's arms. I don't know if that was scripted, the whole jump into the arms bit, but it was perfect for those two. Anyways, I didn't cry but I did tear up knowing that that was the end and it was all changing now. It was sort of a goodbye to Johnny and a goodbye to 21 Jump Street because face it, it went down hill after he left. Oh, and for copyright's sake, I don't own 21 Jump Street. Anyways, I wanted to write this after seeing this episode tonight so I hope you enjoy. BUT BE WARNED, I suck tremendously at poetry!
It's time to retire
Let's hang up our bandanas
Put away the ripped jeans
And faded plaids
It's time to retire
It's time to put it all to an end
This masquerade of youth
We have changed now
Pain
Suffering
Loss
It's all worn us away
And now we are nothing but mere shadows of ourselves
It's time to retire
Put an end to this double life
We aren't them
We have to learn
There's more to us than them
It's time to retire
Shrug our shoulders
Out of the jackets
Hang up the bandanas
The plaids
The flannel
It's time to retire now
We are different
We are changed
Let us close the door on them
And walk away
Let us lay this casket in the dirt
And walk away
We can never visit them again
We can never go back to the way things were
Before
Isolation
Loss
Venality
Things change
People change
We change
It's time to retire
From this masquerade we partake in
You are Penhall
I am Hanson
No longer shall we go by the name of McQuaid
They are a thing of a past
We will never see again
But do not fret
Do not fuss
You see dear brother
Despite this goodbye
They are us
You are Penhall
I am Hanson
Brothers forever we shall be
It's time to retire
Let's hang up our bandanas
Put away the ripped jeans
And faded plaids
It's time to retire
It's time to put it all to an end
This masquerade of youth
But remember dear brother
Despite this departure
We shall be brothers
Always and forever more
No cover
No cops
No badges
(we don't need no stinking badges any way)
No team
No force
Just us
Always and forever more
