We Know!

 

 

For 20 Years all we heard was, “You Gotta Believe!”

 

and since '86, It was “You Gotta Bereave!”

 

How many times have we been so close, yet so far?

 

But, this is 2006, and for once, we know

Yes, we believed, but now we know

 

When Carlos Beltran

closes games with walk-off homers,

Jose`, Jose`, Jose, rounds bases

quicker than a magician

Yes, you heard it here,

I've now coined him,

The Dominican Magician

“El Ilusionisto dominicano”

We know!

We believed in `73

We believed in 2000

but, now we understand

something different is going on

at Shea; a chemistry beyond doubt

that we are going all the way

How, you may ask? Because

 

We Know

 

No longer do we worry about

being three runs down heading into the eighth

not with my man Paul Lo Duca,

The Beltran and Delgado due up

we know David is gonna get it right

we’re gonna win this time round

not because we believe, but because

 

We know!

 

The baseball gods are with us this time

and the planets are aligned

Pedro, Glave and El Duque are doing just fine

Aaron Heilman our bridge to the 9^th,

and Billy Wagner, adds just enough drama,

but when the game is over,

the opponent feels the trauma

We’re gonna win, win, win

we’re gonna do it this time

not because we believe

but

because we know!

do you know?

Yes,

 

We know!

copyright 2006, Frank Messina

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