The day the music died (to the tune of American pie)
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that football used to make me smile
Griff said give Martinez a chance
And he would make the west stand dance
And maybe they’d be happy for a while
But February made me quiver
With every defeat he would deliver
Bad news on survival
We couldn’t beat our rivals
I still remember how I cried
As I watched my team devoid of pride
And something hurt me deep inside
The day our dream just died.
(chorus)
So bye by as I choked on my pie
Drowned my sorrows in the pagefield,
coz the brick had run dry
The dark side boys were drinking bitter or mild
Singing this will be our last match on sky
Will this be the day that we died.
did bob write a book on love
and is he blessed by god above
as the light side tells us so
do they believe in pass and go
a high speed match with lots of goals
or do the like the game played real slow’ oo
well i know that they’re in love with him
i saw it on the web from a guy named jim
bob’s is the man for the the blues
they even dig his shiny brown shoe’oooss
i was a lonely middle aged drunken buck
with a pint of tetley , who didn’t give a f**k
but i knew the ticks were out of luck
the day the buddies (st mirren) came
i started singing
(chorus)
I met a girl who loved the blues
And i asked her for some happy news
she just frowned and turned away
I stepped out from the concourse door
To where i’d watched my hero’s years before
But the game was gone with no time left to play’hey
And in the south the children screamed
The east stand cried and the west stand dreamed
Not a word was spoken
Was the tannoy finally broken
And the 3 rags i despised the most
The star the sun and the evening post
They sent their hacks to laugh and boast
About The day our dream had died
And they were singing
must admit griff
took some work that did :clap: :clap:
Work? Work???
A (supposedly) grown man tippexing out lines in his copy of Smash Hits in his bedroom, no doubt having a little giggle and a crafty tug over his cleverness, all because the team he (supposedly) supports looks like it might finally be relegated from a league it has struggled in for 6 years??
No mate, I’m all for banter and humour, even with LMB, but I don’t think that’s even that good, to be honest. If he put as much effort into supporting the team as he clearly put into writing that nonsense, we’d all be a lot better off.[/quote]
You will of course be surprised to know that someone else actual wrote these lyrics, and with me being totally untalented etc I couldn’t even attempt to put humorous Latics analogies in place of the original words. I think the original is adequate:
When you’re down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You’ve got a friend
If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud, yeah
Soon I’ll be knocking upon your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running, oh yes I will
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
When people can be so cold
They’ll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don’t you let them
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yes I will.
You’ve got a friend
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running to see you again (oh baby don’t you know)
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
Lord, I’ll be there yes I will.
You’ve got a friend
Thanks for the namecheck Loudmouth, seeing as you’ve remembered my name perhaps you might like to apologise for the pack of lies you told about me (for the second time) a few months back and when challenged went missing again even when loads of people pointed out that you were lying about me
It’s not about Roberto Martinez, or me or you or anyone else it’s about supporting this football club through the last two games and wanting us to win
Personally like many other fans whom you accuse of being blinkered for the heinous crime of backing the manager I’ll be cheering on the team and if the worst happens I am sure many of us will be devastated if things don’t go our way.
I’d love to wish you a good day but your idea of a good day will involve you grinning like a Cheshire cat at full time and racing home to gloat on here and giving it your told you so routine that has been strangely absent for weeks at a time since January
If you believe that your attitude of revelling in our demise and starting your sneery threads against the manager just for personal point scoring while spending the last 2 years steadfastly refusing to acknowledge a single positive thing that the manager has helped happen is the right one, then to be quite honest I’d rather be wrong
I write it as I see it pal and will gladly admit when I’m wrong or apologise, give credit or criticism when due and be as honest as I can. I’m probably not a better Latics fan than you but I’m sure as hell the better man as I don’t go around making up lies about people
Thanks for the namecheck Loudmouth, seeing as you’ve remembered my name perhaps you might like to apologise for the pack of lies you told about me (for the second time) a few months back and when challenged went missing again even when loads of people pointed out that you were lying about me
It’s not about Roberto Martinez, or me or you or anyone else it’s about supporting this football club through the last two games and wanting us to win
Personally like many other fans whom you accuse of being blinkered for the heinous crime of backing the manager I’ll be cheering on the team and if the worst happens I am sure many of us will be devastated if things don’t go our way.
I’d love to wish you a good day but your idea of a good day will involve you grinning like a Cheshire cat at full time and racing home to gloat on here and giving it your told you so routine that has been strangely absent for weeks at a time since January
If you believe that your attitude of revelling in our demise and starting your sneery threads against the manager just for personal point scoring while spending the last 2 years steadfastly refusing to acknowledge a single positive thing that the manager has helped happen is the right one, then to be quite honest I’d rather be wrong
I write it as I see it pal and will gladly admit when I’m wrong or apologise, give credit or criticism when due and be as honest as I can. I’m probably not a better Latics fan than you but I’m sure as hell the better man as I don’t go around making up lies about people
it took me a while to figure out what you are talking about, but i think i have it now and believe me you shouldnt flatter yourself that i even know you exist, if you are referring to the line i put “i saw it on the web from a guy named jim” it needed to rhyme with him and there are not many options i did consider tim but thought jim was better – it never entered my mind about any particular poster,
as far as your lies, accusation, i stand by what i said i gave you a number of options and asked you to take your pick if any applied -this was done in reply to an article you wrote acussing those that moan or didnt agree with your outlook on supporting wafc as not being true fans(or something along that line no doubt you will pick me up on not quoting it verbatum),
i also said you edited/ran a magazine that contained certain objectional material,to which your reply was typical of all pressmen -the contents are not my opinion – something every press barron in history would be proud of,
as far as hiding i wouldnt enter the stuff i do into the public domain or use the username i do if i had any intention of hiding,sometimes i dont have the means to post on here, there are many times the only internet connection i have is via a hotel or fast food outlet,and believe on those occasions latics message boards are not my first port of call, oh and on the point of the lies bit again,i suggest you review again at a number of statements you have used in your attack on me – non are correct, but that is your opinion and i will not be going into a hissy fit accusing you of telling lies.
just to add i will be shouting and cheering today as loud as anyone else,there will be no grinning if the worse is to happen on the contrary i will be down and as upset as the rest of us.
the only difference win lose draw – survive in this league or not my opinion on martinez and the dull boring stuff that his teams play will never change