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Not Dead Yet

With the momentum of other NL Central teams beginning to slow (*cough* Pujols *cough*), I think it's a prime opportunity for the Cubs to make a move and get back in the thick of things in the Central. And what better way to do that than rally around a team anthem? After all, the Sox last year rode Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" all the way to the championship. So I propose the Cubs adopt the Bad Examples' "Not Dead Yet", which would be fitting since many have left the Cubs for dead already. Lyrics on the flip (relevant portions bolded).

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Not Dead Yet Lyrics:
I was born too late to play in the rolling stones
I don't know jimmy page, I never met yoko ono
Standing with a strat, I'm rock and roll's bastard son
Go out, get drunk, get laid, have fun
I don't got a million dollars, don't drive a cadillac
Gimme half a chance, 'cause I'm not dead yet
(chorus)
I'm not dead yet - not dead yet
I'm a mad dog fighting with the wall against my back
You'd better get a bigger gun, I'm not dead yet

I been machine-gunned, hand-gunned, hijacked, left for dead
Divebombed, napalmed, nuclear warheaded
Dropped from a jet plane with no parachute
Shot by a firing squad and raped by a business suit
I'm dancing on a landmine, one leg left
But I can still crawl and I'm not dead yet

Chorus

Well, you're bigger, tougher, meaner, rougher
Dirtier and uglier and sneakier and trickier
You wanna shoot me with a gun, cut me with a knife
Take your bare hands and rip out my eyes
You kicked me in the balls and bit me in the neck
Hit me again, 'cause I'm not dead yet

Chorus

Well there's a mugger in the alley, there's a sniper in the hall
There's a girl at the bar wants to get me by the balls
The hangman is hanging if I autograph the noose
And lee harvey oswald's brother's on the loose
There's a mafia hitman with a bullet for my back
Someday he's gonna get me, but I'm not dead yet

I'm not dead yet - not dead yet
I'm a wild card waiting in the middle of the deck
You'd better get a bigger gun, I'm not dead yet

Chorus

If you haven't heard the song, its a very energetic song capable of rallying fans sample here (amazon). It's played occasionally on WXRT if you're in the Chicago area. Even if the Cubs wanted to borrow the craptacular late 70's vibe of Journey, they could substitute the Styx version, but I prefer the Bad Examples version.
...originally, I thought the Bad Examples covered Styx, but it is actually the other way around.

Poll
Are the Cubs dead yet?
Yes
27 votes
No
28 votes
Meh, Go [other team]!
2 votes

57 votes | Poll has closed

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Ralph, is that you?
My son would prefer "Baseball Dreams" off of the children's work as Ralph's World.

by N Oakley on Jun 5, 2006 9:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OH YEAH!!!!!
I could dig that! You could also throw in some Jo Dee Messina "I'm not going down".
Whiskey is the key that sets the monkey free.

by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 10:11 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And..
the blog fell silent... (crickets, crickets)
she

by Sarah Hope on Jun 6, 2006 10:15 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's it
we're fighting
Whiskey is the key that sets the monkey free.

by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 10:29 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Toby Keith huh?
I'm gonna pull a Zambrano and break a bat over my knee!

so, How do you like me now??? :-)

Whiskey is the key that sets the monkey free.

by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 10:48 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Man
I'll just let that bounce right off me, like a ball off of Ramirez' head
she

by Sarah Hope on Jun 6, 2006 11:05 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well,
as long as you don't stop believin'
Whiskey is the key that sets the monkey free.

by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 11:14 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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