Football Poets

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