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Noles Didn't Start the Fire (The Bobby Bowden Retirement Song)


Last night I decided to try my hand at song-writing.  Be gentle.

(PS- You might want to listen to the real song one time to get the rhthym in your head.)

 

Music:  Roughly taken from Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" (1989)

Lyrics: MattDNole

 

CHORUS:
Why don't you just retire?
We're just always losing
Your ego you're choosing.
Why don't you just retire?
Yes we'd really like it
Pack your stuff and hike it.


Sugar Bowl, Virginia Tech, Wire to Wire what the heck

Greatest season, undefeated, now we're on top.

 

Amato leaves for NC State, Weinke's back so ain't it great

Starting strong, streak goes on, never be stopped.

 

Jared Jones and some Funyuns, Kicker's name is Matt Munyan

Blows a kick, makes me sick, replays won't stop.

 

Weinke wins the Heisman, BCS Bowl once again

Richt says bye, offense dies, bubble goes pop.



CHORUS:
Why don't you just retire?
We're just always losing
Your ego you're choosing.
Why don't you just retire?
Yes we'd really like it
Pack your stuff and hike it.



Jeffy's turn, what a burn, Rix's playbook stays unlearned

Morg-an, Bold-in, receivers all down.

 

Carolina blows us out, Canes continue with a rout

NC State, then the Gates, Boosters all frown.

 

'02 expectations high, Looking back I don't know why

Feeling luck, To Kentuck', well that trip just really sucked.

 

At least we have our guy Greg Jones, Beat the Canes up on his own

One small slip, miss the kick, Betia goes home.

 

Fumbles against Notre Dame, AD cheated what a shame

Overslept, what the heck, how'd our team become a wreck?!


CHORUS:
Why don't you just retire?
We're just always losing
Your ego you're choosing.
Why don't you just retire?
Yes we'd really like it
Pack your stuff and hike it.

2003 here we go, Taylor makes Chris Rix his ho

Stupid rain, fans complain, Jeffy's not fired.

 

Saving brother Tommy's job, Referees paid by the mob

Dockett tossed, season lost, students get tired.

 

Bobby's name on the facade, Wyatt Sexton thinks he's God

Ron Zook WON, FANS ARE DONE, HOW MUCH MORE CAN THIS GO ON? 



CHORUS:
Why don't you just retire?
We're just always losing
Your ego you're choosing.
Why don't you just retire?
Yes we'd really like it
Pack your stuff and hike it.

Finally beat the Canes again, Can't get one November win

Willie Reid, does the deed, ACC Kings.

 

PSU is number 3, we can't make a PAT

Another loss, Jeff's not tossed, Dave Hart's phone rings.

 

30-0 loss to Wake, force some changes for Pete's sake

Jimbo's in, with some friends, future looks bright.

 

Several years pass us by, Bobby still won't say goodbye

Team's confused, we still lose, end is in sight.

 

What the heck will happen next, all we do is post and guess

We do know, Bobby's old, Chuck has big breasts.

 

Since this joke is almost dead, I think I'll quit while I'm ahead

Dear Head Coach,  It's time to go, you're being a pest.



CHORUS:
Why don't you just retire?
We're just always losing
Your ego you're choosing.
Why don't you just retire?
Yes we'd really like it
Pack your stuff and hike it.


Why don't you just retire?
But when we're all gone
Will you still coach on, and on, and on, and on...

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Is this a math equation?

TSi=B(sigh) + B(smiles)Xi(happiness)+Ei

Ok, n/m that was ridiculous and I spent too much trying to make it work.

www.fsufishing.com

by SWFLNole. on Oct 5, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think he is including a Smiles by Sigh interaction term.

Obviously Swift is equal to an effect due to smiles plus an effect due to sighs, but there is an additonal interaction term between smiles and sighs that leads to the eventual overall TSwift response.

by MattDNole on Oct 5, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

You guys had better remember your order of operations

The smile comes first, and that quantity multiplied by the quantity of sighs produces the net Swift Effect. If we take the integral of this expression, though, we may be able to find Matt’s connection.

>>---l>

by DKfromVA on Oct 5, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm just saying it's not a true linear relationship.

And of course you’d have to analyze the residuals before stating anything conclusively.

by MattDNole on Oct 5, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

CLAP

Why is the sky blue? Because, God Loves the Infantry

by Desman on Oct 5, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Wyatt Sexton thinks he’s God

+1

by coonhound on Oct 5, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions  

This is f'n awesome. I wonder if we have anyone brave enough to sing it and post it on youtybe...

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Oct 5, 2009 3:11 PM EDT reply actions  

That was awesome…I was singing it to myself the whole time…but NOT going on Youtube…:)

by Canucknole on Oct 5, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Rec'd

some spots/lines messed up my timing (was trying to read/sing it to the “We Didn’t Start The Fire” beat), but was well worth the time. Fun read.

by RishiM on Oct 5, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Excellent job

I joined T-hawk nation just to REC this

How could Nixon know so little about Watergate and so much about football ?

by psupride on Oct 6, 2009 2:50 PM EDT reply actions  

A better song for Bobby

Would be I fell into a burning ring of fire!

Playstation All American, right again!
TomahawkNation
Better to bear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools

by DocHoliday2 on Oct 8, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions  

A better song for Bobby would be an old Johnny Paycheck classic....

“Take this Job and Shove It” Now that would be music to my ears…

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Oct 12, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

Better songs

Try using “I did it all for the money” by limip bizkit or “Take the money and run” by Steve Miller. Much more appropriate.

by 84Nole84 on Oct 14, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions  

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