THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN
HAS THE DARKEST SPORT CLOUDS HANGING FROM ABOVE
SINCE EIGHTYFOUR OUR TEAMS HAVEN’T WON A THING
NOT A SINGLE TITLE NOR A WORLD SERIES RING
THE EAGLES AREN’T FLYING NEITHER ARE THE FLYERS
THE PHILLIES AND SIXERS MAKE THE FANS TOWN CRIERS
WHEN THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER FIRST WHEN UP
OUR FLYERS LOST TWICE IN THE
CHORUS
A SPELL HAS BEEN CAST ON OUR
BY FOUNDER WILLIAM PENN IT ISN’T PRETTY
THE
THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN IS ON!
WHY EVEN THE
OUR TEAMS HAVE ALWAYS WON BEFORE THAT TIME
WILLIAM PENNS’ STATUE STANDS ATOP CITY HALL
HE ONCE VIEWED ALL NOW HE SEES A WALL
OF SKYSCRAPERS RISING AT SUCH GREAT PACE
OUR CITY’S FOUNDER HAS LOST HIS PLACE
WE HAD A PROUD TRADITION NO LONGER TRUE
NO BUILDING HIGHER THAN HIS HAT OR VIEW
REPEAT CHORUS
EVERY SEASON’S LIKE RIDING PRONE IN A HEARSE
TO THE GRAVEYARD OF DEFEAT NOTHING’S WORSE
COULD WE JACK UP THE HEIGHT OF CITY HALL
SO HIS EMINENCE COULD BE TALLER THAN ALL?
HOW ABOUT HIM ATOP
WOULD HIS CURSE DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE?
IF WE BUILT ALL SKYSCRAPERS UNDERGROUND
ONCE MORE HE’D HAVE A
REPEAT CHORUS repeat NOW THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN IS ON!
Joe Pickering Songwriter King of the Road Music BMI publisher and copyright owner C 2005