Football Poets

Wailing for Wayne

¶ 1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 If you’re thinking of us, Wayne, you should hang your head in shame,

¶ 2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 ‘Cos you’ve left us and we don’t know what to do.

¶ 3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 You forsook the Sacred Blue for the red shirt of Man U,

¶ 4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Things at Goodison will never be the same.

¶ 5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 And although with grief we’re stricken and we’re choking back the tears,

¶ 6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 (Your Betrayal leaves us racked with boundless pain).

¶ 7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 We will often think about you in the next few coming years,

¶ 8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Meanwhile hear our parting words, Beloved Wayne.

¶ 9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Oh, you can change the colour of your shirt.

¶ 10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 And you can wear another brand of boots.

¶ 11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 Can sign your sponsor deals, and broaden your appeal,

¶ 12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 No doubt you’ll earn a thousand times more loot.

¶ 13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 You can win the Title, and you can lift the Cup,

¶ 14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 And you could even scoop the Champions’ League.

¶ 15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 And you can grab the headlines, and you can strut your stuff,

¶ 16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 But are you sure success will taste so sweet?

¶ 17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 For still you know, Dear Wayne, there’s something you can’t change:

¶ 18 Leave a comment on verse 18 0 The fact that you’re a Scouser from the street.

¶ 19 Leave a comment on verse 19 0 Now you can take a train, a chopper or a plane,

¶ 20 Leave a comment on verse 20 0 And head to party down at Saint Tropez.

¶ 21 Leave a comment on verse 21 0 And you can play roulette, and place your hefty bet,

¶ 22 Leave a comment on verse 22 0 And lose one hundred grand in just one day.

¶ 23 Leave a comment on verse 23 0 Yes, you can leave your home, can wander, range and roam,

¶ 24 Leave a comment on verse 24 0 And you can travel, travel far and wide.

¶ 25 Leave a comment on verse 25 0 Forget your humble roots, take part in fashion-shoots,

¶ 26 Leave a comment on verse 26 0 Have any girl you fancy for your bride.

¶ 27 Leave a comment on verse 27 0 And yet you know, Dear Wayne, there’s something you can’t change:

¶ 28 Leave a comment on verse 28 0 The fact that you were born on Merseyside.

¶ 29 Leave a comment on verse 29 0 Then you can treat yourself and splash out on a posher pad,

¶ 30 Leave a comment on verse 30 0 And wallow in your king-size swimming pool.

¶ 31 Leave a comment on verse 31 0 You’ll drive a flasher car, sip champagne, eat caviar,

¶ 32 Leave a comment on verse 32 0 Invite your mates for tasty barbecues.

¶ 33 Leave a comment on verse 33 0 And you can have a ring put through your ear or through your nose,

¶ 34 Leave a comment on verse 34 0 And you can sport the trendiest tattoo.

¶ 35 Leave a comment on verse 35 0 Can stock your walnut wardrobe with the best designer clothes,

¶ 36 Leave a comment on verse 36 0 Or even wear a pair of high-heeled shoes.

¶ 37 Leave a comment on verse 37 0 But we all know, Dear Wayne, there’s something you can’t change:

¶ 38 Leave a comment on verse 38 0 The Blood, the Blood that’s flowing through your veins.

¶ 39 Leave a comment on verse 39 0 That Blood is deepest Blue, ‘tis of no other hue,

¶ 40 Leave a comment on verse 40 0 You’re a Scouser, you’re a Toffee born and bred.

¶ 41 Leave a comment on verse 41 0 And in spite of what you’ve done, you are still Our Favourite Son,

¶ 42 Leave a comment on verse 42 0 (Though we think you’ve gone completely off your head).

¶ 43 Leave a comment on verse 43 0 We’re your family, we’re your friends, your beginning and your end,

¶ 44 Leave a comment on verse 44 0 We’re your body, we’re your heart and we’re your soul.

¶ 45 Leave a comment on verse 45 0 We’re your conscience, we’re your mind, which you cannot leave behind,

¶ 46 Leave a comment on verse 46 0 Like the shadow that pursues you when you stroll.

¶ 47 Leave a comment on verse 47 0 Now you’ve made your well-timed Move, played the Judas, spurned our Love,

¶ 48 Leave a comment on verse 48 0 And we wonder how you with yourself can live.

¶ 49 Leave a comment on verse 49 0 Though you’ve acted like a canker, * we’ll not bear you any rancour,

¶ 50 Leave a comment on verse 50 0 Nay, if you come back, we’ll readily forgive.

¶ 51 Leave a comment on verse 51 0 For you should know, Dear Wayne, one thing will stay unchanged:

¶ 52 Leave a comment on verse 52 0 The Love, the Love that in our hearts remains…