Personally, I also do not like the lyrics to The Best of Times. I used to sit on a submissions panel for an annual publication of short stories, and every year there would ALWAYS be a flood of heartfelt pieces writers wrote after they lost a friend or loved one. These were almost always sentimental and sincere, and were often nice pieces, but they were rarely well-written or interesting enough to be included in the publication. It was always tough to turn such pieces down, but it was necessary for the sake of creating a magazine that people would want to read. Likewise, it’s tough to admit I dislike TBoT when asked, and even tougher to voice a criticism of it when pressed for one, but it’s better than misleading people and being dishonest.