"Holdin' Back the Cheers"

The following song is sung to the tune of Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years." If you aren't an old and you need a frame of reference, you can find the original song on YouTube here.

"Holdin' Back the Cheers"

Your everlasting pessimism

You just won’t let it pass

You’re bitching about something

That you don’t think will last

But you wouldn't know a winner

If you held it in your hand

The things that make you angry

I can't understand

Are you holdin’ back the cheers?

Erecting a Claeys shrine?

Are you rippin’ through the beers?

Mixin’ Coke with turpentine?

You think a guy like Fleck is needless

And his culture you demean

I see you spewing nonsense:

“New coach in eighteen”

You hang out at the college

And still call yourself a fan

That’s good stuff but your anger

I can't understand

Are you holdin’ back the cheers?

Erecting a Kill shrine?

Are you rippin’ through the beers?

Mixin’ Coke with turpentine?

People get so pissy

“This year is a waste of time,

Hell, we won 9 games last year

We would have been just fine.

After all the things that Coach Kill did

Coach Claeys should be our man.”

That short-sighted opinion

I can't understand

Are you holdin’ back the cheers?

Erecting a Mason shrine?

Are you rippin’ through the beers?

Mixin’ Coke with turpentine?