Friday Night Shakespeare

[Chorus]
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team

[Verse 1]
If music be the food of love
Then rejection's food is canned
Heated through, it's a lonely stew
In your only clean saucepan
The flat's in need of sweeping
But the ad break's nearly done
"Two teams struggling for respect"
Says Sandy Robertson

[Chorus]
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team

[Verse 2]
Like everything, the tele's smaller
Than the one at home
But without the wife and kids, it means
The remote control's your own
And then at the bounce down
With your eyes still on the screen
You listen as your son's voice comes
On your answering machine

[Chorus]
The footy's let me down again

[Verse 3]
"Hello, Dad", he stumbles out
With his confidence affray
"Can we come and see you next weekend?
Mum said it was okay"
Someone somewhere should coin a word
For the guilt that does befall
Who hears the answering machine
Then don't pick up the call

[Chorus]
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team

[Verse 4]
The interchanges have been made
The soup is on your knee
The telephone is God knows where
Argh! The mongrel's got a free
There's a tone after he hangs up
And a click as it expires
If music be the food of love
"Play on!" says the umpire

[Chorus]
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team
The footy's let me down again
Stole my love away from them
Family's gotta mean more than a team