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Nelly, I am Heathcliff

English Banana

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 We played in all weathers me and him
Twin strikers they said
‘Neath floodlights and hail
We took on all

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Til I grew bored
The little pitch of childhood
The little patch of home
Could never hold

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Such vaulting ambition
He held up his cheque book
Fancy like blonde ambition
Bought me golden boots
And spoke of brighter things

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Nelly said the team
Would never be the same
And that Heathcliff was “just as good”
As “them with bigger clubs”
Champions League

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 But I strayed betrayed
And he was left there on the bench
Waiting for a beggar’s chance

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Not he
He slipped the lead
Made off for MSL League
Left a boy came back a man
Fortune smiled at last it seemed

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 I caught a glimpse a shadow’s glance
He ghosted past
Trapped within the hands of fate
He raced I ran as only children can
In search of my heart’s glory

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 The window opened
The goal was clear
My name was on the lips
Heaven cracked its shot and wide
Oh cold the grave would hold me.

Notes

Inspired by the immortal St Emily Bronte of the Immaculate Pen.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/nelly-i-am-heathcliff/