It’s the End of the Year as We Know It

[Verse 1: Stephen Colbert]
Oh great, it starts with an outbreak
Zika and Harambe
Lead is in the water main

Bastard of a campaign
Thought it was Jeb!'s turn
World-record hot heat
Gender-biased toilet seat
CNN and FOX, Ailes, hashtag "Bad." "Sad."
Bitter on the Twitter with Ben as Batman
Dire wildfires representin' climate change
And a government that's wired with the new alt-right
Bernie wasn't leavin' in a hurry
Now Putin's breathin' down our neck

Team by team reporters baffled
Trumped, tethered, trapped
Pokémon Go game. Ken Bone
Uh oh, all alone, tax evasion, belt stabbin'
Pussy grabbin' for themselves, serve themselves
Email server was breached
Isn't that Michelle's speech?
Tell me your opinion of the Minions in a gif? Jif
Vitriolic, xenophobic troll spite. Fourth Reich's
Feelin' pretty psyched

[Chorus: Stephen Colbert]
It's the end of the year as we know it
It's the end of the year as we know it
It's the end of the year as we know it
And I feel...

[Verse 2: Stephen Colbert]
Fighting for black lives
Ryan Lochte's hair dyed
Prince and Bowie's demise
Leonard Cohen died
Nasty woman, Brangelina, Hiddleswift
Megyn Kelly. News—fake. Samsung—boom
This year's idiotic and chaotic, but the end's in sight. Right?

[Chorus: Stephen Colbert and Michael Stipe]
It's the end of the year as we know it
It's the end of the year as we know it
It's the end of the year as we know it
I feel...
...fine

[Chorus: Stephen Colbert, Michael Stipe, and James Franco]
(Stephen Colbert)
It's the end of the year as we know it
(Michael Stipe)
It's the end of the year as we know it
(Stephen Colbert and Michael Stipe)
It's the end of the year as we know it. (Time I had some time alone.)
And I feel fine

(Stephen Colbert, Michael Stipe, and James Franco)
It's the end of the year as we know it
It's the end of the year as we know it
It's the end of the year as we know it
And I feel fine