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I Run the Line

Peter Goulding

Friday, January 14th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
I keep a close watch on the number nine,
Defenders ask, but sometimes I decline,
Dressed in black, I simply look divine,
The job is mine,
I run the line.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
I find it very very easy to decide
When to raise the flag and shout “Offside!”
I let pure luck and guesswork be my guide,
I’m doing fine,
I run the line.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
The fans behind me are not too impressed,
They seem to think their judgement is the best,
But they’re just jealous of the way I’m dressed,
Such loutish swine,
I run the line.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
I love to raise my flag into the air,
One decision makes the whole crowd swear,
Am I right? Sure, really I don’t care
It’s God’s design.
I run the line.

© Peter Goulding 14th January 2005

Notes

From Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line”

Source: https://footballpoets.org/poems/i-run-the-line/