A Tribute to Calvin and Hobbes

I don't own C/H



A long, long time ago

I can still remember how that comic used to make me smile

And I knew if I had my creed

That I could make those people read

And maybe they'd be happy for a while.



But January makes me shiver

With every paper I deliver

Bad news in the cartoons

I couldn't take one more balloon



I can't remember if I was sick

When I read about his lost comic

But something touched me deep inside

The day Calvin and Hobbes died



So..



{Refrain}



Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



Did you read Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

And do you remember your escapades in that

If the comics tells you so

Do you believe in rock 'n roll

Can music save your tortured soul

And can you teach me how to see you glow



Well, I know that you're out there somewhere

'Cause I saw you dancin' without care

You both kicked off your shoes

Man, I dig those rhythms, but I sang the blues



I was a lonely 8-year-old

With your cartoons as the only trend

But I knew it was the end

The day that Calvin and Hobbes died



I started singin'



{Refrain}



Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



Now for five years we've been on our own

And I now utter out a loud groan

But that's not how it used to be

When the kid and tiger me laugh

As they took a wagon down a narrow path

And a voice that told me of your math



Oh, and while I refused to read

Due to my own personal greed

Then, Watterson stopped you guys

And tears filled my eyes

And though I should sigh and sigh

Even if I do cry

Now, you are close to my heart, oh, why

Did Calvin and Hobbes die



We were singing



{Refrain}



Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



Spaceman Spiff sure knew the diff

Stupendous Man, though sand may sift

He's still in the sky

And Tracer Bullet's trouble stays

In his office all these days

Oh, somebody, bring back this craze



Well, here comes the author Link101

And, boy, have I had some fun

Reading his fics, every one

Oh, but we never got the chance

To imitate Hobbes in his prance

And, oh, here comes Sirk

Nobody dare calls him a jerk

Even after Calvin and Hobbes died



We started singing



{Refrain}



Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



Oh, and there we were all in one place

A group of teenagers, here by grace

And here come Cool Girl 89

Her writing's oh, so fine

And Elvenking, that name is mine

And Banisher's fic is like one of mine



And who can forget Marisa at all

She's always here for our roll-call

And now here's FreakyDiablo

Who's got the attitude that says "so?"

And of course there's good old Mordred LeFay

Who, at her boyfriend's idea said, "Hey

This could be a good idea today"

But I'll never forget that day



When I was singing



{Refrain}



Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



And there was SilverMoth out in the pews

Who didn't get enough reviews

And in came Bri. H the basher

Who wanted to take Susie and mash her

And now enter Barakao1

Who said that this section sure was fun



And unto us LadyLioness screamed

"Hey, what does all this mean?

Is it the reviews or is it to say

That Calvin and Hobbes lives today?"

And Corrupt200 wrote a fic

That would have made a strange pic

With Rosalyn the Nazi

And very far from Fonzy

And now they join me in crying

And saving Calvin and Hobbes from dying

But my thoughts, to me, will never fade

When I sing.



{Refrain}



Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



They were singing

Bye, bye, to all of you guys

Watch this young man remember and see how he cries

And how hard he tries

To leave you people alive

By writing fanfics, or at least I try

This'll be a day that I try



***Author's Note***



I now add myself to the sad list of authors who was alive when C/H ran, but never really appreciated it. Now, like so many others, I post my tribute. May C/H live in our minds and that of our descendants forever.