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We here at Royals Review are always on the cutting edge of the hippest music. Billy Joel, who is apparently a huge Royals fan, has written a re-make of his 1989 hit "We Didn't Start the Fire" to capture his frustration with his favorite baseball team. He has graciously allowed us to print the new lyrics, as Royals Review is his favorite site to lurk on.
Wally Joyner, Bob Boone,
Cone is traded too soon
Tom Goodwin, Brent Mayne,
Chico lost his pants
Mike MacFarlane, David Howard
Lineup is Gaetti-powered
Belcher gives you seven innings
Monty save chance
Appier, Pichardo
Gubicza, Rosado
Pat Rapp, Boone is fired
Jeff King chooses to retire
Johnny Damon, Jay Bell
Chili Davis hits it well
Tom Gordon, Bip Roberts, Michael Tucker, goodbye!
We didn’t start the losing
The whole team was rotten when the Glasses bought them
We didn’t start the losing
We’re in baseball hell ‘til the Glasses sell
Mike Sweeney, Jermaine Dye
Palmer hits it deep and high
Tony Muser, pitch abuser
Allard’s on the clock
Gregg Zaun, Jeff Suppan
Mac Suzuki, Damon’s gone
Jay Witasick, Blake Stein
Chuckie Knoblauch
Blown saves, Mark Quinn
Milk and cookies, Chad Durbin
Dave McCarty, Scottie Pose,
Jason Grimsley, Dos Carlos,
Runelvys, Ibanez
Roberto Hernandez
Dye says, "what a mess!", dealt for Neifi Perez!
We didn’t start the losing
The whole team was rotten when the Glasses bought them
We didn’t start the losing
We’re in baseball hell ‘til the Glasses sell
Ken Harvey, Aaron Guiel
Mike MacDougal, Randa’s smile,
Af-feldt, Lima-Time, Royals have a playoff climb
Juan Gonzalez, Darrell May,
Carlos Beltran couldn’t stay
Pena ends his wild ride, Emil Brown goes nationwide
Graffanino, Matt Stairs
Angel doesn’t seem to care
Gobble and Carrasco, Sweeney is a no-go,
Pena Junior, Greinke splits, Grudzielanek, Mienktiewicz
Elarton and Sisco, Allard gets the heave-ho,
We didn’t start the losing
The whole team was rotten when the Glasses bought them
We didn’t start the losing
We’re in baseball hell ‘til the Glasses sell
Buddy Bell, far from first
"It can always get worse"
But-ler, Gor-don, Royals hire Dayton
Joey Gathright likes to steal
Gil Meche signs a big deal
Ross Gload, John Buck, Hochevar gets taken
Bannister, Callaspo
DeJesus, Olivo
Coach Trey, bunt away, what else do I have to say?
We didn’t start the losing
The whole team was rotten when the Glasses bought them
We didn’t start the losing
We’re in baseball hell ‘til the Glasses sell
Pon-son, Tea-hen
Betancourt is back again,
Joa-kim, Guill-en, Coco Crisp, Bruce Chen
Jacobs, Bloomquist, Rick Ankiel
Kyle Davies, Mike Aviles
Doug Sisson, Rusty Kuntz
Ned still loves to use his bunts
Greinke and Cabrera gone
Danny Duffy – Tommy John
Prospects, worthless vets,
Moose, Hos, Chris Getz,
Eight year plan says Dayton Moore
While the Royals fail to score
Every day its Jeff Francoeur, I can't take it anymore!
We didn’t start the losing
The whole team was rotten when the Glasses bought them
We didn’t start the losing
We’re in baseball hell ‘til the Glasses sell, oh well, oh well….