(To the tune of 'Ob-li-di, Ob-la-da' from the White Album)

(Xander is putting Willow to bed after the finale; sits by her, sings; Not sure why she's there, Anya watches from a remove, perhaps to keep a yet-angry Dawn from inadvertedly saying something)

X:  *Buffy was a Slayer moved to Sunnydale; Figured hard on making a new start; Giles said to Buffy; It Can't Be That Way; The Vamp Master you must now stab through the heart;

So You See--So You Know, Fight Goes On; Yeah; Slayer--how the fight goes on

Slayer met some friends who helped her get by; Willow, Xander and Cordelia Chase; Angel was a friend too but not for too long; She chose him in hell stead' of the human race

So You See--So You Know, Fight Goes On; Yeah; Slayer--how the fight goes on

Within three months she had left and come back home; We gave her crap, but she made Faith back off; The Mayor she reduced to bones

Happy ever after not in college plans; Adam was a cyber-demon-man; Did the Mulder riff with the Initiative; and dreamed of cheesehead after comboing down their plan

So You See--So You Know, Fight Goes On; Yeah; Slayer--how the fight goes on

Dawnie was a retcon who we still all like; Glory wanted to get Dawn in her hands; Buffy did a Goku on the Apocalypse; and we all weeped hard as we tried to understand

Willow (stirring) Who's Gok...

X: Shh..explain later

(Finishes up)

X: Growing up is real hard almost anywhere; Sunnydale makes that fact twice as clear; Adding up our mistakes made things quite a drag; But we can now say that we somehow got through this year

In a couple of years, we will find a way to see; That if we got through this harsh stretch; There even is hope for me

There are those we will never quite forget; There are those we will never forgive; But the time for death it has come and gone--and maybe we can finally all live;

So You See--So You Know, Fight Goes On; Yeah; Slayer--how the fight goes on

So You See--So You Know, Fight Goes On; Yeah; Slayer--how the fight goes on

(Kisses her on the forehead as she fades out, a slight smile having formed)

X: And if you want better jokes--then go hire Weird Al.

(Eases out; Anya is holding a CD of The White Album)

Anya: That was from this, right? Why is the album white with just their name? Minimalism?

(Appreciating her temporary avoidance of other subjects, Xander explains)

X: No. They were already starting to break up when they made this. They couldn't even agree on what the cover should look like. So the publisher just went with this.

Anya: (Shrugs) A group as brilliant as them lost the ability to work together?

(Sensing danger in an answer, Xander withdraws to get Will some water; Anya still stares at the cover)

Anya: Why am I sensing lots of heavily-laden irony here?