“Excited and anxious I await my dream – To escape, applaud and embrace my team
Opening day I always can trust – It’s just for this high that I crazily lust
Return of our hero does brighten the days – Just briefly, my troubles get lost in the haze
The grace from the field arouses the crowd – Reflects on the days when I was quite proud
I’m more entranced than the average fan – I used to play, you see, and I know I still can
That time I drove the ball with such loft – My exit atop shoulders as they carried me off
This pastime and I just fade into one – Expanded upon from father and son
My boy is young and awkward for now – I just need the time and can show him how

I really am quite close just a break away – From straightening things out and being okay
I can help my team to regain its glory – With just a little twist to the same old story
Players say now they play for themselves – This causes a burning within me that dwells
The fan is the one who pays for the game – Which bestows all the riches and welcomed fame
The players will listen but really don’t hear – All the while just hiding behind an invisible tear
I grow tired now of all this greed – And chart a course to set things free”

Aus: The Fan

Diesen wunderbaren Prolog mit der Originalstimme von Robert de Niro aus dem Thriller The Fan (mit Robert de Niro und Wesley Snipes) kann man hier anschauen und anhören.