Readers decide -- the official Gary Pruitt theme song is "It's the end of the world as we know it" by R.E.M.

By a huge margin, McClatchy Watch readers voted "It's the end of the world as we know it" by R.E.M. as the official Gary Pruitt theme song.

Nearly 50 percent of the people who voted chose this song. "I'm a loser" by the Beatles was a distant second place. (Poll results here. Thanks to all readers who nominated songs and who voted.)

Why did this song resonate? I think it's obvious: people feel Gary Pruitt has run the company into the ground, and McClatchy -- as we know it -- may be about to end.

Here are some of the lyrics:

Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Enjoy: