It’s only fitting that Bill Clinton took the stage at the Democratic national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the lilting strains of his 1992 campaign theme song, Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow. Sunny, upbeat, exuberant, infectious, this hit single from Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours puts a spring in your step and captures the spirit of the man from Hope. On winning the election, Clinton persuaded the then-disbanded Fleetwood Mac to reunite for a special performance at his inaugural band. It was played again for Clinton at the Democratic national conventions in 2000, 2004, 2008 and now in 2012. Go, Clinton, go! Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.
Here are the lyrics of the song written by Fleetwood Mac vocalist and keyboard player Christine McVie who sang it with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham:
If you wake up and don’t want to smile,
If it takes just a little while,
Open your eyes and look at the day,
You’ll see things in a different way.
Don’t stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here,
It’ll be, better than before,
Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone.
Why not think about times to come,
And not about the things that you’ve done,
If your life was bad to you,
Just think what tomorrow will do.
Don’t stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here,
It’ll be, better than before,
Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone.
All I want is to see you smile,
If it takes just a little while,
I know you don’t believe that it’s true,
I never meant any harm to you.
Don’t stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here,
It’ll be, better than before,
Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone.
Don’t you look back,
Don’t you look back.
