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Intro 1
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By the shores of old Lake Michigan
Verse 1
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Where the hawk wind blows so cold
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An old Cub fan lay dying
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In his midnight hour, the toll
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Around his bed, his friends had all gathered
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They knew his time was short
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On his head, they put this bright blue cap
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From his all-time favorite favorite sport
Verse 3
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He told 'em, "It's late,
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and it's getting dark in here
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And I know it's to time to go
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But before I leave the
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Boys, there's just one thing
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that I'd like to know
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"Do they still play the blues in Chicago
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When baseball season rolls
around?
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When the snow melts away,
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do the Cubbies still play
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In their ivy-covered burial
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burial ground?
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"When I was a boy,
they were my pride and joy
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But now they only bring fatigue
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To the home of the brave,
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the land of the free
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And the doormat of the National League"
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He told his friends, "You know,
the law of averages says
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Anything will happen that
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can" that's what it says
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"But the last time the Cubs won a
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Na tional League pennant
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Was the year we dropped
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the bomb on Japan
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"The Cubs made me a criminal,
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sent me down a wayward path
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They stole my youth from me,
that's the truth
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I'd forsake my teachers to
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go sit in the bleachers
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In flagrant truancy
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"And then one thing led to another
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And soon I discovered alcohol,
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gambling, dope
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Football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis
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But what do you expect?
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"When you raise up a young boy's
hopes
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And then just crush 'em like
so many paper beer cups
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Year after, year after, year
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After year, after year, after year,
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after year, after year
'Till those hopes are
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just so much popcorn
For the pigeons beneath
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the 'L' tracks to eat"
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He said, "You know,
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I'll never see Wrigley Field anymore before my eternal rest
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So if you have your pencils and
your scorecards ready
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Then I'll read you my
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last request"
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He said,
"Give me a doubleheader funeral in Wrigley Field
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On some sunny weekend day,
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no lights
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Have the organ play the Na
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tional Anthem
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And then a little 'Na Na Na Na,
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Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye'
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"Make six bullpen pitch
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ers carry my coffin
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And six groundskeepers clear my path
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Have the umpires bark
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me out at every base
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In all their holy wrath
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"It's a beautiful day for a funeral
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Hey, Ernie, let's play two
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Somebody go get Jack
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Brick-house to to come back
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And conduct just one
more interview
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"Have the Cubbies run right out
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into the middle of the field
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Have Keith Mo reland drop
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a routine fly
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Give everybody two bags
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of peanuts and a frosty malt
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And I'll be ready to die
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"Build a big fire on home plate out of your
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Louisville Slugger baseball bats
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And toss my coffin in
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Let my ashes blow in
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a beautiful snow
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From the prevailing thirty-mile-an-hour southwest
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southwest southwest southwest wind
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"And when my last remains go flying
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over the left field wall
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We'll bid the bleacher bums adieu
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I will come to my final resting place
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Out on Waveland Avenue"
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The dying man's friends
told him to cut it out
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They said,
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"Stop it" and "That's an awful shame"
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He whispered, "Don't cry,
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we'll meet by and by
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Near the heavenly hall of fame"
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He said, "I've got seasons tickets
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to watch the angels now
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So it's just what I'm gonna do"
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He said, "But you the living,
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you're stuck here with the Cubs
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So it's me who feels sorry
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for you"
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And he said, "Oh, play, play
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that 'Lonesome Losers' tune
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That's the one I like the best"
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Closed his eyes and slipped away
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Well, Scotty, it was the dying Cub
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fan's last request, so here it is
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"Do they still
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play the blues in Chicago
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When baseball season rolls around?
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When the snow melts away,
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do the Cubbies still play
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In their ivy-covered burial
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burial ground?
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When I was a boy,
they were my pride and joy
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But now they only bring fatigue
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To the home of the brave,
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the land of the free
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And the doormat of the
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Na tional League"
Outro 1
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