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Raiders Rhapsody
(Parody lyrics by Willmark, with apologies to Queen)

Is this the real Raiders? Is this just football fantasy?
Caught in another blowout, no escape from mediocrity
Open your eyes, look up to Ghost to the Post and see,
I'm just a poor fan, I need no more company
Because losses are easy come, easy go, visitors high, Raiders low-
Any way the Autumn Wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me… to me

Mama, just benched a man,
Put silver and black on his head - now his career is all but dead
Mama, strife had just begun,
But Carr’s gone and thrown it all away.
Mama (ooh), didn't mean to love the bye -
If I'm not watching again this game tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on... Raiders never really matters

Too late - over-time has come
Sends stomach aches down my spine, Raider pain all the time.
Goodbye, Raider Nation, this “team’s” gotta go
Gotta leave these loses behind and face the truth.
Mama, ooh (oh- Any way the Autumn Wind blows),
I don't wanna...lie
I sometimes wish I'd never been a Raiders fan at all

I see a little silhouetto of a game plan -
Latest coach, latest coach, will he last the season-oh?
Lyle Alzado - very, very frightening!
(Jim Otto) Jim Otto, (Jim Otto) Jim Otto, Otto snap the ballo
Magnifico (Oh-oh-oh-oh!)
I'm just a poor QB, nobody loves me,
He's just a poor QB from a poor franchisee,
Spare him his fandom from this monstrosity!
Loses come, wins go - will you let me go?
George Blanda! No, we will not let you go! (Let him go!)
George Blanda! We will not let you go! (Let him go!)
George Blanda! We will not let you go! (Let me go!)
Will not let you go! (Let me go!)
Never, never, never, never, never, never let me go! (Let him go!)
Oh-oh-oh-oh! No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Oh, Madden Boom!, Madden Boom! (Madden Boom! let me go)
Al Davis has a devil put aside for me... for me... for me!

So you think you can stop my Sunday and deceive my eye?
So you think you can make me believe - then leave me to die?
Oh, Raiders! Can't do this to me, Raiders!
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here!

Football really matters - win’s we’ll never see
Football really matters...
Football doesn’t matters, to this team.
Any way the Autumn Wind blows...

Guise, we have a poet Laureate here!

Funny part? I was trying to work on something else and my muse led me here. Just go with it I guess.

That's awesome dude. A constructive way to cope.

I'm on a roll tonight working on Hotel California now.

Willmark wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 6:05 pm I'm on a roll tonight working on Hotel California now.

Please share.

ToastPatterson wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 6:08 pm Please share.

It's a bit more difficult - likely will take time. The words and length of each line are tougher.

Nice job Willmark

I was on a roll last night, now have completed or partially completed

Raider Rhapsody- Apologies to Queen (see above)

Hotel Raiderfornia- Apologies to the Eagles

Raider Road- Apologies to Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run (From the Raiders) - Apologies to Bruce Springsteen

Unfortunately- Apologies to Journey

Any Way You Lose It- Apologies to Journey

Hut-One, Hut-Two-Ya - Apologies to Leonard Cohen

I’ll let you guys decide which one I post tonight.

American Pie has potential

I already did that one:
viewtopic.php?t=22130

shows how much I pay attention

lets get some energy going

Enter Sandman

For Metallica, One makes more sense. It’s pretty much there with “oh please God wake me!”

This is awesome, I'm trying to sing this to my wife( I can't sing).

We were crying laughing!!!!
Thx willmark

Hotel raiderfornia.
Any ACDC song would be good too
And Metallica