We had Joy!

"The stars that we reached were just starfish on the beach"

The band is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The song is Seasons in the Sun.

Here's the band.

And their Wiki page.  the Wiki link

The Song:

The Wiki Page for the Song   
Seasons_in_the_Sun Wiki page

Some little known facts gathered from the page. The song was a no.1 hit for Terry Jacks in 1974. The B-side is a song called "Put the Bone in". He released it right after his wife left him. It was previously recorded by the Beach Boys and left off their latest album. The song was originally written by a Belgian singer songwriter. It has been covered by many people in many different languages, including Vietnamese. The song is actually a goodbye.