A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request-Steve Goodman

[ti:A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request] [ar:Steve Goodman] [al:Affordable Art] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Steve Goodman [00:09.93]By the shore's of old Lake Michigan [00:12.59] [00:13.53]Where the hawk wind blows so cold [00:16.30] [00:18.05]An old Cub fan lay dying [00:20.49] [00:22.01]In his midnight hour that tolled [00:24.96] [00:25.76]Round his bed his friends had all gathered [00:28.14] [00:29.73]They knew his time was short [00:31.76] [00:33.93]And on his head they put this bright blue cap [00:36.47] [00:37.93]From his all-time favorite sport [00:39.82] [00:41.62]He told them Its late and its getting dark in here [00:45.73]And I know its time to go [00:47.43] [00:49.52]But before I leave the line-up [00:51.51] [00:52.47]Boys there's just one thing I'd like to know [00:55.65] [00:56.81]Do they still play the blues in Chicago [01:00.14] [01:01.03]When baseball season rolls around [01:04.04] [01:04.76]When the snow melts away [01:06.76]Do the Cubbies still play [01:08.76]In their ivy-covered burial ground [01:11.65] [01:12.74]When I was a boy they were my pride and joy [01:16.76]But now they only bring fatigue [01:19.73] [01:20.63]To the home of the brave [01:22.52]The land of the free [01:24.44]And the doormat of the National League [01:27.97] [01:30.17]Told his friends You know the law of averages says [01:33.31]Anything will happen that can [01:35.84]That's what it says [01:37.26]But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant [01:40.38]Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan [01:43.35] [01:45.06]The Cubs made me a criminal [01:47.13]Sent me down a wayward path [01:49.07]They stole my youth from me [01:51.68]That's the truth [01:52.64] [01:53.26]I'd forsake my teachers [01:54.77]To go sit in the bleachers [01:56.40] [01:57.12]In flagrant truancy [01:58.83] [02:00.01]And then one thing led to another [02:01.64] [02:02.97]And soon I'd discovered alcohol gambling dope [02:07.31] [02:09.30]Football hockey lacrosse tennis [02:12.07]But what do you expect [02:13.65]When you raise up a young boy's hopes [02:15.95]And then just crush 'em like so many paper beer cups [02:19.88] [02:20.71]Year after year after year [02:23.04] [02:23.98]After year after year after year after year after year [02:27.71] [02:29.30]'Til those hopes are just so much popcorn [02:31.07]For the pigeons beneath the L tracks to eat [02:34.26]He said You know I'll never see Wrigley Field [02:36.68]Anymore before my eternal rest [02:39.01] [02:40.54]So if you have your pencils and your score cards ready [02:43.53] [02:45.28]And I'll read you my last request [02:47.12] [02:48.46]He said Give me a double header funeral in Wrigley Field [02:51.29] [02:52.82]On some sunny weekend day no lights [02:56.61] [02:57.17]Have the organ play the National Anthem [02:59.69] [03:00.24]And then a little na na na na hey hey hey Goodbye [03:04.44] [03:05.55]Make six bullpen pitchers carry my coffin [03:08.38] [03:09.08]And six ground keepers clear my path [03:11.65] [03:12.83]Have the umpires bark me out at every base [03:15.60] [03:16.97]In all their holy wrath [03:18.65] [03:20.73]It's a beautiful day for a funeral [03:22.49] [03:23.96]Hey Ernie lets play two [03:26.07] [03:28.79]Somebody go get Jack Brickhouse to come back [03:31.12] [03:31.72]And conduct just one more interview [03:34.35] [03:37.28]Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field [03:40.31] [03:40.84]Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly [03:43.28] [03:45.01]Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt [03:47.77] [03:48.49]And I'll be ready to die [03:50.42] [03:52.51]Build a big fire on home plate [03:53.88]Out of your Louisville Sluggers baseball bats [03:56.36] [03:57.50]And toss my coffin in [03:59.16] [04:00.19]Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow [04:03.44]From the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind [04:06.46] [04:07.91]When my last remains go flying over the left-field wall [04:11.18]Will bid the bleacher bums adíeu [04:13.70] [04:16.35]And I will come to my final resting place [04:18.50] [04:20.15]Out on Waveland Avenue [04:21.86] [04:24.39]The dying man's friends told him to cut it out [04:27.84]They said stop it that's an awful shame [04:30.42] [04:31.61]He whispered Don't Cry [04:33.63]We'll meet by and by near the Heavenly Hall of Fame [04:37.80] [04:38.96]He said I've got season's tickets to watch the Angels now [04:42.23] [04:43.71]So its just what I'm going to do [04:45.83] [04:47.56]He said but you the living [04:49.29]You're stuck here with the Cubs [04:50.87] [04:51.54]So it's me that feels sorry for you [04:54.36] [04:55.95]And he said Ahh Play play that lonesome losers tune [04:59.04] [05:00.46]That's the one I like the best [05:02.36] [05:03.47]And he closed his eyes and slipped away [05:06.76]What we got is the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request [05:09.26]And here it is [05:10.71]Do they still play the blues in Chicago [05:14.22] [05:15.19]When baseball season rolls around [05:18.58]When the snow melts away [05:21.20]Do the Cubbies still play [05:22.84]In their ivy-covered burial ground [05:26.31] [05:27.36]When I was a boy they were my pride and joy [05:30.89]But now they only bring fatigue [05:34.93]To the home of the brave [05:36.88] [05:37.47]The land of the free [05:39.04]And the doormat of the National League