Exordium & Terminus
(In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) by Zager & Evans)

In the year 2525
if Akio is still alive
if the Bride can survive
They may find

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the rose you lost today

In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your skills
Won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Your swords are hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you

In the year 6565
You won't need no Betrothed, won't need no Bride
You'll pick your Prince, pick your Princess too
From the bottom of a long glass tube

In the year 7575
If Dios is a-coming
He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
"Guess it's time for the judgement day"

In the year 8585
Dios is gonna shake His sleepy head
He'll either say "I'm pleased where the duels have been"
Or tear it down, and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if the Akio is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been ten thousand years
Duelist have cried a billion tears
For what, they'll never knew
Now Akio's reign is through

But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday