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I'm Not Betting Against My CUBS
Lyrics by: Tom Latourette

I am not betting against my …CUBS
I am not betting against my …CUBS
You know they’re just like my City, they’re young, scrappy and gritty
And I’m not betting against my CUBS
 
I’m a got a bleacher seat at Wrigley Field
Probably shouldn’t hope, but dope, next year is here for real   
Problem in the past, we’d get close, couldn’t close the deal
Feeling fearful, we’re in first
Because we are cursed,
Is our fate sealed?
Began this century,
Tinkers, Evers to Chance
Trying to reach the dance, unhappy endings, crappy circumstance
1908, Eamus Catuli
Each heartbreaking defeat,
is truly, a cruelty
F - Steve Garvey,
and those A-mazing Mets
F - the ’98 Braves,
and the ball through Durham’s Legs
Cause this year is different,
it’s a brand new ballgame
It’s the 7
th Inning Stretch,
so let me sing out my name
 
We are the C-U-B-B-I-E-S,
In the NL, we are now the best
 
R u impressed? 
We’re playing like a team possessed
Harry, Ronnie and Brickhouse making sure we are blessed
No cardiac arrest,
they will reduce our stress
Theo and Tom Ricketts,
they have acquiesced
Built the farm club for the future
did they manifest
So we can beat the Nationals
and the teams out West
Pass the Test
F- The Goat is our one request  
Don’t be shocked when you hear the cheers in Hazelcrest
It’s our Holy Grail,
we’re on a noble quest
R U obsessed? 
World Series gonna be expressed
 
And I am not betting against my …Cubs
I am not betting against my …Cubs
Hey, Yo, They’re just like my City,
They’re young, scrappy and gritty
And I’m not betting against my …Cubs
 
I am not betting against my …Cubs
I am not betting against my …Cubs
Hey yo, they’re just like my City,
They’re young, scrappy and pretty,
And I’m not betting against my …Cubs
 
They’re my Chicago Cubs! 
​
​Jake Arrieta:
My dream year includes a
Cy Young and gold Bling 
I’m pitching my way
to a World Series Ring
Like Broglio for Brach,
Man that trade must sting 
I’ll be playing when Scott Feldman
is out snorkeling
With my CUBS
 
Anthony Rizzo:
Yo, I’ll give the road trip report
Just a bunch of knuckleheads
in flip flops and short shorts
Minimalist Zany, for our crazy commute
PJ onesy a hoot, nickname,
back of my track suit, cute
CUBS
 
Kris Bryant:
I’ll keep wearing these ripped pants
My engagement pics at Wrigley,
where I’m bringing the romance
No small ball or curtain call,
I know where my place is
Setting the paces,
rounding 16 total bases
New Mister CUB
 
Joe Maddon:
Padawans, embrace the target
Do simple better,
and the letter you’ll harvest 
W, the victory flag you will fly
The Process is Fearless,
says my T-shirt line
Try not to   SUCK                  
 
Joe – Check what we got
Arietta is naked but he wins a lot      
Wear it if you look hot                          
Chapman, I like what we’ve bought ----
With saves by Strop and Rondon,
their fastballs hit the spot  
What are the odds, baseball gods
put us all in one spot? 
Poppin’ a squat, Grandpa Ross,
in a motorized cart. 
Russell, Zobrist, Rizzo, Bryant,
All-Star, All Cubbie infield
Greatness be revealed,
Growing up on an Iowa cornfield. 
 
Oh, I am a little kerfuffled
Since the days of Lou & Dusty,
man have we had to scuffle    
We’ve never had a team like this before
One with swagger, soul and muscle  
We’re like the Bears
​in the Super Bowl Shuffle!
 
I am not betting against my …Cubs
I am not betting against my …Cubs
Hey yo, they’re just like my City
They’re young, scrappy and gritty
And I’m not betting against my …Cubs
 
I am not betting against my …Cubs
I am not betting against my …Cubs
Hey yo, they’re just like my City
They’re young, scrappy and gritty
And I’m not betting against my Cubs
​How about a bowl of Cereal
Some Rizzo O’s,
Rizzo O’s
Hey Mime – We can’t hear ya
 
Holy Cow!  
The Cubs Fan’s Dying Goal  
(I said shout it from the rooftops)
Is Go Cubs Go –                    
(The obstructed view rooftops)
Go Cubs Go –
 
Rise up, City praying on its knees,
please rise up
Tell the Northside that we’ll finally rise up
Tell the South Side that
they need to shut up
 
Will this be the Cub team gonna rise up?     
Go, Go, Gooooo         Will I see Lester dream up a squeeze bunt?
Go Cubs Go                We’ll decree our ice cream is a malt cup! 
Go Cubs Go                Will this be the Cub team gonna rise up? 
 
Rise up.  
We’ve come close before
each loss such a bad memory
Will the goat curse get me? 
5 outs left, Bartman a seat ahead of me
Foul ball comin’, intervene
or do I let him be?
Will it repeat and never set us free
See, I’m born and raised
bleeding Cubbie blue
Where Ernie Banks
always saying let’s Play Two
Ask anybody ‘bout our past, we’ll cry, perhaps, reach for a Pabst
Each fall we hope the playoffs last,
then swept by brooms   
 
Hey! Hey! 
Epstein brought a new way,
it’s the Cub’s way
Where guys like Kyle, Dexter,
John and Jason Heyward play
Cards oppose us,
“Try not to Suck” been banned
 
Joe Maddon: 
Let’s others blow your horn,
sound traveling ‘cross the land
 
And, if we play into October
Can our past be passed,
a burden we can shoulder
Or will the balls we boot
become a boulder  
A Sad placeholder of loss with no do over
 
 I know the action at Wrigley is excitin’
And Theo, this teams full of
fireworks and lightning
They keep battling and fighting
We’re set to handle
this World Series situation
We are a nation of fans,
just call us Cubbie nation
We’re past patiently waiting,
we’re passionately gnashing
our teeth with palpitations
Every home run they’re
smashing out on Waveland
I’m laughing in the face
of goat curses and fate
For the first time, I’m thinking past 1908
 
And I am not betting against my …Cubs
I am not betting against my …Cubs
Hey yo, they’re just like by City,
They’re young, scrappy and gritty
And I’m not betting against my ,,,Cubs

We’re gonna rise up               
Hammels on the bump
We’re gonna rise up               
Baez shoved by an Ump   
We’re gonna, rise up, rise up
We’ve pissed off Donald Trump
Rise up,                                  
Pete Rose, it’s time to bet the Cubs
Rise up, Rise up                     
Bet the Cubs
Malt Cup,                               
With a wood spoon is what I love!   
Rise Up!                                 
It's time to bet the Cubs, bet the Cubs

And I am not betting against my
Not betting against my ... CUBS
                       
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