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The Day Before Keith Came - ABBA 20:35 - Jun 30 with 1810 views

I travelled up to watch The Dale upon a Saturday
I always like to see the game no matter who they play
I must have caught the train, changing at Manchester and Crewe
And read the paper on the way, there really wasn't that much else to do
But disappointing games ensued for so much of the time
With poor performances, and heaps of disappointing players signed
I must have bought my lunch
from Rochdale's branch of Subway when I felt the need to munch
I had no expectation that The Dale would win the game
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I must have left my home in time to travel to the game
Prepared for disappointment but I did it all the same
But narrow team formations with no thought for width or style
Made life-long supporters turn their faces, and look away and hide
A while before the end I used to sometimes slip away
I didn't like to do it, I thought I'd try again another day
The same each week we got
Undoubtedly they must have seen attendance figures drop
And every game they carried on with more or less the same
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I got there just in time to buy a programme and a pie
And took my seat just as the teams came out across the line
I'm sure I got to Spotland about twenty-five to three
There's not, I think, a single league or cup game that I didn't see
I must have left the ground just as the final whistle blew
Then on the train back home, I bought a cup of tea to drink at Crewe
A friend came with me too
Although we were the laughing stock of League Division Two
It's funny, but I had no sense of living with such shame
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Then home to watch TV
Although the Football League Show was on far too late for me
I'm sure I heard the sound of Bury laughing at our pain
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