by Jackie Furlone

A nation turns to a group of men waiting and praying they'd do it again They sacrificed sleeping, working, and school if not just to chant that "Jeter's a tool" Game seven still looming in everyone's head and the curse of a man over fifty years dead Nightmares of who New York's "daddy" would be if we couldn't pull out of it after game three And then, Johnny Damon said, on the fourth day that Derek will make us the victors today Now Schilling is bleeding out there on the mound but the Red Sox are turning the series around The city of "Bahston" repeated "oh please" as we won in 14, with our Papi, Ortiz Game 7 the whole city thought of the past and prayed that the curse had been lifted at last "1918" screamed the Yanks' crowd but when trailing by seven, the Bronx wasn't that loud Then Boston silenced New York state as they beat the Yankees in four games straight Coming back from trailing by three the Red Sox made history in MLB But the streak wasn't over, as they came back to Mass they still had the World Series to kick some ass After two games victorious here they headed down south thinking "THIS is the year" As the rain came down, and Nixon fell the reporters had quite the stories to tell The Boston Idiots were finally here and it only took them 18 years Forgetting Babe, Buckner, and Boone the planets aligned, and one eclipsed moon The Red Sox won after 86 years as the Boston bars erupted in cheers An 8 game streak never done before made Boston World Champs in 2004