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).
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.
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Ralph, is that you?
by N Oakley on Jun 5, 2006 9:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OH YEAH!!!!!
by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 10:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And..
by Sarah Hope on Jun 6, 2006 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's it
by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Toby Keith huh?
so, How do you like me now??? :-)
by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man
by Sarah Hope on Jun 6, 2006 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
by Foley on Jun 6, 2006 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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