MY FATHER CURSED ME!
                          (Dad made me a Mets Fan!)
                                                         
CHORUS

LONG BEFORE NEW YORK MAYOR ED KOCH
DAD DRAGGED ME TO SHEA TO DO THE METS WATCH
I COULD’VE BEEN A YANKEE FAN BUT MY FATHER CURSED ME!
DAD MADE ME A METS FAN WHEN I WAS ONLY THREE

OLD CASEY WAS PULLING OUT GRAY HAIRS FROM HIS HEAD
THOSE UN-AMAZING METS PLAYED LIKE THEY WERE DEAD
WILLIE MAYS PLAYED AS A GIANT. WHAT A GIANT THRILL
THOSE LAST PLACE METS STUNK LIKE SKUNK ROAD KILL

 

DAD TAUGHT ME TO CHEER THEM ON THROUGH THE YEARS
HE SAYS WIN OR LOSE THEY FILL OUR HEARTS WITH CHEERS
YES, MY FATHER CURSED ME. I’M A METS FAN FOR LIFE
WORSE I’VE MADE A BASEBALL WIDOW OUT OF MY WIFE

REPEAT CHORUS

WE’RE UNDER DOGS IN NEW YORK WE ALWAYS GETS THE HEAT
YANKEE FANS MAKE THE CLAIM THEY’RE THE TEAM TO BEAT
THOSE YANKEE CAPS AND SHIRTS ARE EVERYWHERE
OURS ONLY GET THE STARE AND GLARE WE DON’T CARE

THE YANKEES HAVE MORE FLAGS THAN THE UNITED NATIONS
DAD SAYS ONE METS GAME’S WORTH ALL THEIR CELEBRATIONS
OUR GENERATIONS OF CARING MAKE MY HEART GLAD
I LOVE THE AMAZING METS. THANK YOU DAD!

REPEAT CHORUS

THE CURSE OF BEING A METS FAN’S A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
EVERY BASEBALL SEASON’S LIKE A BIG BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
OUR METS MOMENTS OF MAGIC MEAN FAMILY TO ME.
WORTH MORE THAN YANKEE STADIUM AND ALL THE YANKEES!!

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

Joe Pickering Jr.  Songwriter King of the Road Music BMI
Phil Coley  Singer    www.kingoftheroadmusic.com                  C 2008