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>DON'T YA JUST LOVE HOW THE CUBS FANS NOW >COMING OUT OF THE WOOD WORK AGAIN.I'M NOT CALLING YOU >BANDWAGGON 2 SO DONT GO GETTING YOU SOLIED PANTIES IN >A WAD.ITS SO FUNNY THAT THE SECOND THEY MADE IT TO THE >NLDS PPL AROUND HERE STARTED WEARING THE JERSEYS AND >STUFF .ALL OF A SUDDEN QUEENS HAS CUBBIES!SINCE MY >METS SUCK I GUESS THEY SAID SCREW IT > . >.I AM HOPING FOR A BOSTON CHICAGO SERIES WITH BOSOX >RIPPING THE CUBS A NEW ASS!THEY ARE A GOOD FRIGGIN >TEAM I WILL SAY THAT .MAY THE BEAT TEAM WIN.>A Dying >Cub Fan's Last Request >>>By Steve Goodman >>> >>>By the shores of old Lake Michigan >>>Where the "hawk wind" blows so cold >>>An old Cub fan lay dying >>>In his midnight hour that tolled >>>Round his bed, his friends had all gathered >>>They knew his time was short >>>And on his head they put this bright blue cap from >his >>>all-time favorite sport >>> >>>He told them, >>>"It's late and it's getting dark in here >>>And I know it's time to go >>>But before I leave the line-up >>>Boys, there's just one thing I'd like to know" >>> >>>Do they still play the blues in Chicago >>>When baseball season rolls around? >>>When the snow melts away, >>>Do the Cubbies still play >>>In their ivy covered burial ground? >>>When I was a boy they were my pride and joy >>>But now they only bring fatigue >>>To the home of the brave >>>The land of the free >>>And the doormat of the National League >>> >>>Told his friends >>>"You know the law of averages says: >>>Anything will happen that can." >>>That's what it says. >>>"But the last time the Cubs won a National League >>>pennant >>>Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan" >>> >>>The Cubs made me a criminal >>>Sent me down a wayward path >>>They stole my youth from me >>>(that's the truth) >>>I'd forsake my teachers >>>To go sit in the bleachers >>>In flagrant truancy >>>and then one thing led to another >>>and soon I'd discovered alcohol, gambling, dope >>>football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis >>>But what do you expect, >>>When you raise up a young boys hopes >>>And then just crush 'em like so many paper beer cups. >>> Year after year after year after year, >>>after year, after year, after year, after year >>>'Til those hopes are just so much popcorn for the >>>pigeons beneath the 'EL' tracks to eat >>> >>>He said "You know I'll never see Wrigley Field, >>>anymore before my eternal rest >>>So, if you have your pencils and your scorecards >>>ready, and I'll read you my last request" >>> >>>He said, "Give me a double header funeral in Wrigley >>>Field >>>On some sunny weekend day (no lights) >>>Have the organ play the National Anthem >>>and then a little "na, na, na, na, hey hey, hey, >>>Goodbye" >>>Make six bullpen pitchers carry my coffin and six >>>ground keepers clear my path >>>Have the umpires bark me out at every base >>>In all their holy wrath >>>Its a beautiful day for a funeral, >>>Hey Ernie lets play two! >>>Somebody go get Jack Brickhouse to come back, >>>and conduct just one more interview >>>Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the >>>field, >>>Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly >>>Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt >>>And I'll be ready to die >>> >>>Build a big fire on home plate out of your Louisville >>>Sluggers baseball bats, >>>And toss my coffin in >>>Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow >>>From the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind >>>When my last remains go flying over the left field >>wall >>>Will bid the bleacher bums adieu >>>And I will come to my final resting place, >>>Out on Waveland Avenue >>> >>>The dying man's friends told him to cut it out They >>>said stop it that's an awful shame >>>He whispered, "Don't Cry, we'll meet by and by near >>>the Heavenly Hall of Fame" >>>He said, "I've got season's tickets to watch the >>>Angels now, So its just what I'm going to do >>>He said, "but you the living, you're stuck here with >>>the Cubs, So its me that feels sorry for you! >>>And he said, "Ahh Play, play that lonesome losers >>>tune, That's the one I like the best >>>And he closed his eyes, and slipped away >>>What we got is the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request >>> >>>And here it is >>> >>>Do they still play the blues in Chicago >>>When baseball season rolls around? >>>When the snow melts away, >>>Do the Cubbies still play >>>In their ivy covered burial ground? >>>When I was a boy they were my pride and joy >>>But now they only bring fatigue >>>To the home of the brave >>>The land of the free >>>And the doormat of the National League

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