Love Hurts

Northside of Chi-Town is full of emotion. In the ‘45 Series Cubs and Tigers are battling. Sianis buys two tickets to show his devotion. Is booted ‘cause his billy goat won’t stop bahbling. He curses the Cubbies and causes a commotion. But spring is rooted in fans' love and devotion Like lush, green, yellow, crimson, ivy will never Stop growing. Year after year fans fear Hearts will shatter but remain forever Faithful chanting “Wait ‘til next year!” Generations grow up cheering with great emotion. Generations grow old enduring gut-wrenching loss Bleeding among Lovable Losers time And again, but no Cubbie faithful dares cross To the Southside—it’d be a traitorous crime. In 2003, faithful fans’ love and devotion Promises fruition as Dusty Baker Arrives Northside heralded as the Cubs’ savior. But NLCS Game 6 at Wrigley is a heartbreaker. Cubs need five outs but collide with a traitor. Steve Bartman’s still in hiding; his name elicits emotion. Castillo’s bat aims grenade over foul territory. Cubs’ fielder Alou springs towards the heavens to snatch But when feet touch dirt Cubs land in purgatory. Faithful gasp: Curse of the Billy Goat sets a rematch. Since that fateful day in ‘45 exploding with emotion Wrigley hasn’t seen another World Series. Since Bartman's affair in 2003, Cubs haven’t won A playoff series. But Billygoat yaks to Mrs. O’Leary’s Ol’ Cow an’ scoffs at the new scapegoat’s unearned run. In 2011, after 91-losses, Ricketts proves his devotion Adding the sabermetrics guru who now values emotions. Epstein arrives at Northside championing human connections Rebuilds Cubs’ roster with players who reverse the motion 108-years and character solves equation for a winners’ resurrection. Hearts ripping open is a crushing emotion But fans never stopped believin' in near Foreseeable future ‘cause they’re loyal Lovers and nothin’s as good as baseball ‘n’ beer At Wrigley for 81 games on your own home soil.