# Help with song, chorus Goes "And I have witnessed the coming of Countless new days" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708 "2003-02-22T02:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacobsta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jacobsta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacobsta)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/1 "2003-02-22T02:56:08Z")
Hi. I’ve got a piece of a song that used to hear on the radio while I was growing up (at a guess it was ~8-9 years ago), on the station from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Anyway, from what I can remember of the song, pieces of the chorus go “And I have witnessed the coming of countless new days, from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, up to Wilkes-Barre, PA” and Something about a mission and then “Smoking Cigarrettes and Drinking way too much caffeine”. I’ve tried both googling and using song lyrics databases for the phrases I can remember with no luck- I’m starting to think I’m crazy, on the basis that If you can’t google it, it must not exist right ? So, can anybody help me out, does anyone know the band, song title, and/or the rest of the lyrics or where I can buy the CD ?? Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/2 "2003-02-22T05:40:11Z")
I give up. I found exactly ONE page that contained the phrase “countless new days”. Is it possible you’re misremembering the words? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/3 "2003-02-22T07:06:39Z")
Just so you know, Help Me ID This Song threads pretty much belong in Cafe Society. A mod should be here to move it within a few minutes. I tried googling too. Like **Q.E.D** , I only found one page. However I also learned that it’s Wilkes Barre with a space, not Wilkesbarre. I don’t think it’ll help though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/4 "2003-02-22T07:36:48Z")
Off to Cafe Society. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/5 "2003-02-22T07:50:27Z")
Your post moved in thirty minutes or less. Gotta love this site. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/6 "2003-02-22T13:30:33Z")
Possibly it’s some variant on the [Battle Hymn of the Republic](http://www.contemplator.com/folk2/battle.html) ? The song cries out for parody, and the songwriters have heard. One example: [Psychotherapy](http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/p/psychoth.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-chorus-goes-and-i-have-witnessed-the-coming-of-countless-new-days/156708/7 "2003-02-22T14:21:35Z")
And another (a personal fave from me wicked schoolyard days). [The Burning of the School](http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional101.shtml)