A Song for the Red Sox Fans

[Bake]

Sung to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

Red Sox Lose ALC to Yankees October '03

Take me out to the ball game
Give me a reason to live
Buy me some peanuts and crack cocaine
That’s the only relief for my pain
We wore lucky hats for the Series
We watched every call foul or fair
It was right there in the palm of our hand
We could smell Yank defeat in the air

Take me out to the ball game
O three will be our big year
I don’t give a damn for Bambino’s Curse
But every October it gets worse and worse
And it’s rout, rout, rout for the Home Team
Each time they choke it’s a crime
They were 3, 4, 5 outs away but they
Blew it one more time

Take me out to the ball game
This year our Sox will hang tough, but
Steinbrenner’s Yankees got hot with the bat
Martinez acted just like a spoiled brat
And it’s Nomar swing for the nose-bleed seats
I can’t take more strain on my heart
For it’s 85 years of anguish and tears
Down in Fen... way... Park

Manny and Pedro and Wakefield
Hope rises when you take the field
With homers and sinkers and old Boston pride
You all sure gave us one hell of a ride
So we’ll all cowboy up in the spring time
Red Sox fans be of good cheer
We’ll be champions again and I’ll see you then
Down in Fen... way next year

(new words by G. Bartley, who denies everything)

I didn't write this, as you can see, but it pretty much sums it up for Red Sox fans this year.

Bake

[Bob3]

1. I think "love in vain" sums it all up.