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A Song for the Season
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It seems a long, long time ago
but I can still remember,
how that music used to make them smile
And I knew if he had his chance
that he could make those players dance,
and maybe we'd be happy, for a while.
But the off season made me shiver,
with every paper they'd deliver.
Bad news on the program,
It blocked out good like a logjam.
I can't remember if I cried when
I read their vitrol and their lies,
but I felt a touchdown deep inside
the day the team still tried.
So bye, bye sunny summer sky.
Took my tailgate to the bighouse
to watch this team fly.
110,000 and not a head shy,
Singin', "This is the day the offseason dies,
"This'll be the day that we try."
Now, did you write "Let's Go Blue",
and do you have faith in the number twos,
if the head coach tells you so?
Now do you believe in the spread attack,
and can we win with a 3-3 Stack
and can your QB throw on the go?
Now I know that you have faith in Rod,
and on the enemy we will trod.
You all sang "The Victors".
Make noise, yellers and whistlers!
I was a signle fan in a giant crowd
With a Michigan jersey and a voice turned loud
But I knew I could be proud,
the day the team still tried!
So bye, bye sunny summer sky.
Took my tailgate to the bighouse
to watch this team fly.
110,000 and not a head shy,
Singin', "This is the day the offseason dies,
"This'll be the day that we try."
Now, the AD tried to calm the noisy herd,
about the things they heard from Rosenberg
And a hope that came from you and Me.
Yes, Brandon raised his pimp hand high,
to silence the whiner's, loser's cry,
and he will set the program free.
Oh and while the herd was crying out,
the team ignored their angry shout!
The herd's cries showed no merrit.
When push came to shove, they didn't tear it.
And while Rodriguez read a book on Bo,
Lloyd Carr decided to take it nice and slow
and we prepared our tailgate stuff to go,
the day the team still tried.
So bye, bye sunny summer sky.
Took my tailgate to the bighouse
to watch this team fly.
110,000 and not a head shy,
Singin', "This is the day the offseason dies,
"This'll be the day that we try."
Oh, Helter Skelter in an early fall swelter,
Icy beer was poured with cheeseburgers on the melter
Three burners on and grilling FAST!
The beanbag fell and landed on the grass,
while two kids tossed back and forth a pass,
with the AD in his skybox, to relax!
Now at kickoff there was this crazy kid,
Paralyzed, he had hit the skids.
We all got up to cheer, oh and
Never did he veer!
Walking with his brother, to lead the team
He walked out straight, our faces abeam
We'll all remember that epic scene,
the day the team still tried!
So bye, bye sunny summer sky.
Took my tailgate to the bighouse
to watch this team fly.
110,000 and not a head shy,
Singin', "This is the day the offseason dies,
"This'll be the day that we try."
And there we were all at one field.
A group of fans that refused to yield.
With no time left to wait again.
Now Roh be nimble, Roh be quick!
Craig Roh will run through blockers thick,
because blockers are a Husky's only friend!
And as I watched him on that field,
my hate it boiled, it did not yield.
That bastard from the East coast,
not fit to walk the ground of Yost.
And as the battle raged on into the night
to start the season on up right
I saw Rich Rod laughing with delight,
the day the team still tried!
So bye, bye sunny summer sky.
Took my tailgate to the bighouse
to watch this team fly.
110,000 and not a head shy,
Singin', "This is the day the offseason dies,
"This'll be the day that we try."
I saw a girl who was on the band,
and in victory she raised her hand,
and then she cheered and marched away.
I went down to the MDen store,
where I'd gotten my first shirt, years before,
but the man there said they were sold out for the day.
And into the streets the people streamed,
the fans cheered on and the students screamed.
But not a sad word was spoken.
The enemy had been broken.
And three of the men I admire most,
Fritz Crisler, Schembechler and our Yost,
sent us dreams of New Years on the West Coast,
the day the team still tried.
So bye, bye sunny summer sky.
Took my tailgate to the bighouse
to watch this team fly.
110,000 and not a head shy,
Singin', "This is the day the offseason dies,
"This'll be the day that we try."
Singin, "This'll be the day that we try."
August 6th, 2010 at 9:12 AM | 
Nicely done my friend.
Nicely done my friend.
August 6th, 2010 at 9:14 AM |
Dude...
Dude...
... Awesome! Poetic, maize and blue genius. This needs to be played 'round a campfire the night of September 3. Well done.
"Bend over and I'll show you." Perfect answer to nearly any question.
August 6th, 2010 at 9:17 AM |
If only
If only
I could play any guitar but the one with 5 colorful plastic buttons.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
August 6th, 2010 at 10:49 AM |
Excellent
Excellent
Those lyrics are too awesome to not try to memorize and play before the season starts. Nice work, my MgoHomework is now to play the song and remember the lyrics, while drunk.
Support your local brewery!
August 6th, 2010 at 9:58 AM |
Excellent work.
Excellent work.
Excellent work.
August 6th, 2010 at 10:09 AM |
Wow.
Wow.
Wow. I almost tl;dr'd it until I read the first line & realized it was "The Day the Music Died" so I decided to read on.
Song parodies aren't often very good IMHO but this was awesome! Well done!
Perfectly captures the mood of probably all of us right now.
August 6th, 2010 at 10:21 AM |
nicely played- now if we can
nicely played- now if we can
nicely played- now if we can get enough of us in the stadium to sing it!
August 6th, 2010 at 10:39 AM |
I hate the be that guy but
I hate the be that guy but
I hate the be that guy but it's bothering me that such perfection has a flaw. Loser's, not looser's in verse 3. Awesomely done though, very nice.
August 6th, 2010 at 10:45 AM |
Yeah
Yeah
Don't know how I managed that. Fixed.
Also added two lines for two lines I forgot from the song. "there we were all in one place" and "Church bells all were broken".
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
August 6th, 2010 at 10:50 AM |
Amazing
Amazing
And for anyone wanting to play this, it's pretty basic chord structure:
http://www.azchords.com/m/mcleandon-tabs-5354/americanpie-tabs-149066.html
AMERICAN PIE (Don Mclean) (SIMPed by Sennet) . G D Em A long, long time ago__ Am C Em D I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.__ . G D Em Am C And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance . Em C D and maybe they'd by happy for a while. Em Am Em Am But February made me shiver with every paper I'd deliver. .C G Am C D Bad news on the doorstep. I couldn't take one more step . G D Em Am7 D I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride, G D Em C D7 G C G Something touched me deep inside the day_ the music died._____ . Chorus: . G C G D G C . So bye-bye, Miss American Pie.Drove my Chevy to the levee but the . G D G C G D . levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin' whiskey and Rye, singing . Em A7 Em D7 . this'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.__ verse: G Am, C Am Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?__ . Em D G D Em If the Bible tells you so__ Now do you believe in rock and roll? . Am C Em A7 D7 Can music save your mortal soul? and can you teach me how to dance_ real slow? . Em Am Em Am Well I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym, _ C G A7 C D7 You both kicked off your shoes, Man I dig those rhythm and blues! . G D Em Am C I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck, with a pink carnation and a pick-up truck. . G D Em C D7 G C G But I knew I was out of luck the day, the music died.___ G D7 I started singing.... (chorus)
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
August 6th, 2010 at 11:07 AM |
Bravo
Bravo
Well done.
"The world is an imperfect place, screws fall out all the time".
August 6th, 2010 at 11:34 AM |
Well done. That must have
Well done. That must have
Well done. That must have taken you a ton of time.
August 6th, 2010 at 11:39 AM |
My creative motor
My creative motor
runs efficiently in the morning.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
August 6th, 2010 at 12:34 PM |
Great stuff!
Great stuff!
Thanks for all the time and effort. You took on one hell of a song!
May I request a revision of Alice's Restaurant next?
"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things"
August 6th, 2010 at 3:38 PM |
Great idea
Great idea
What a great idea! Why didn't I think of it? Song parodies can be so great... Stairway to Freebird, e.g., doesn't need anything more than its title.
I second the Alice's Restaurant nomination. On the other hand, one to avoid at almost all costs would be Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
August 6th, 2010 at 6:15 PM |
hell yeah!
hell yeah!
Blaze - this is fabulous. Bra-to-the-vo!
love this line:
And three of the men I admire most,
Fritz Crisler, Schembechler and our Yost,
sent us dreams of New Years on the West Coast,
No radio. Nothing of value.
Nicely done my friend.
Hail!