Distant Fan
¶ 1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 it was long before satellite dishes when tvs were’nt even around
¶ 2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 and videos were’nt yet invented and only film hire shops in town
¶ 3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 and I was this far off supporter with two little kids and a wife
¶ 4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 i was so far away but connected it was still such a part-of my life..
¶ 5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 ‘cos when you’ve been smitten you follow your team
¶ 6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 and you do it however you can
¶ 7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 and when life gets too much well you still keep in touch
¶ 8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 that’s they way ev’ry day distant fan
¶ 9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 and the scores come a day late in papers
¶ 10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 its weird when you wade thru the stuff
¶ 11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 like problems and stress in Botswana
¶ 12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 to find that the lads did enough
¶ 13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 but at three ev’ry week I would be there
¶ 14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 all of those long miles away
¶ 15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 i’d be glued to that radio out on some beach
¶ 16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 and i’d try to imagine the day….
¶ 17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 like the snow as the sun would be baking
¶ 18 Leave a comment on verse 18 0 and the fog as I lay by the sea
¶ 19 Leave a comment on verse 19 0 the taste of the ice-beer beside me
¶ 20 Leave a comment on verse 20 0 but gagging for strong English tea
¶ 21 Leave a comment on verse 21 0 so you close up those eyes and you picture the scene
¶ 22 Leave a comment on verse 22 0 and the game’s going on in your head
¶ 23 Leave a comment on verse 23 0 you’re a long-distant fan by the ocean
¶ 24 Leave a comment on verse 24 0 and you wish- you were back there instead………..
¶ 25 Leave a comment on verse 25 0 yeah its strange when you’re in some hot country
¶ 26 Leave a comment on verse 26 0 with some voice shouting out in your ear
¶ 27 Leave a comment on verse 27 0 “we’re joined by our listeners from over the seas”
¶ 28 Leave a comment on verse 28 0 and you wanna shout “yes mate – I’m here!
¶ 29 Leave a comment on verse 29 0 and ‘the Final’ was always a nightmare
¶ 30 Leave a comment on verse 30 0 a hundred degrees maybe more
¶ 31 Leave a comment on verse 31 0 some dirty old sheet and the dust from the street
¶ 32 Leave a comment on verse 32 0 and projectors that broke when they scored
¶ 33 Leave a comment on verse 33 0 there’d be prostitutes ex-pats and waiters
¶ 34 Leave a comment on verse 34 0 and everyone crammed in the same
¶ 35 Leave a comment on verse 35 0 there’s be white kids and Zulus down at the front
¶ 36 Leave a comment on verse 36 0 who were there cos they just ’ loved the game
¶ 37 Leave a comment on verse 37 0 and nobody asked you to do this
¶ 38 Leave a comment on verse 38 0 it wasn’t some well contrived plan
¶ 39 Leave a comment on verse 39 0 and nobody else apart from your-self
¶ 40 Leave a comment on verse 40 0 is to blame for your plight distant fan
¶ 41 Leave a comment on verse 41 0 and here we all are in two thousand and one
¶ 42 Leave a comment on verse 42 0 and wherever you go its the same
¶ 43 Leave a comment on verse 43 0 in a cafe in China or Cape Town
¶ 44 Leave a comment on verse 44 0 you can still keep in touch with the game
¶ 45 Leave a comment on verse 45 0 you got messages texting the planet
¶ 46 Leave a comment on verse 46 0 you got internet access all day
¶ 47 Leave a comment on verse 47 0 you got digital sound and ni-cam surround
¶ 48 Leave a comment on verse 48 0 and live interactive replay
¶ 49 Leave a comment on verse 49 0 and whether you’re broke or your Elton
¶ 50 Leave a comment on verse 50 0 or that Damon bloke out of Blur
¶ 51 Leave a comment on verse 51 0 If you’re Rod Flipping Stewart or still signing on
¶ 52 Leave a comment on verse 52 0 well now you can watch anywhere
¶ 53 Leave a comment on verse 53 0 if you’re up at the Mad Dog on Haight Street
¶ 54 Leave a comment on verse 54 0 in San Fran at dawn by the bay
¶ 55 Leave a comment on verse 55 0 or stuck in the Vic in the middle of Stroud
¶ 56 Leave a comment on verse 56 0 it’s no problem we all find a way
¶ 57 Leave a comment on verse 57 0 cos when you’ve been bitten you follow your team
¶ 58 Leave a comment on verse 58 0 and you do it however you can
¶ 59 Leave a comment on verse 59 0 and you miss it so much but you still stay in touch
¶ 60 Leave a comment on verse 60 0 that’s the way it’s ok distant fan
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