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Inspired by another classic Cub collapse. "Waiting on the Cubs to Change" ©2008 Adam Simon and Howard Segal. Based on the song "Waiting on the World to Change" ©2006 John Mayer.

Submitted to Jonathan Brandmeier at WLUP 97.9 FM www.wlup.com and Macjurkoharry at ESPN 1000 AM Chicago

Excerpt aired 10/6/08. Johnny must have received many many songs about the Cubs, and we were honored to hear ours. Hopefully he will play more of it eventually: he did keep it going for awhile while he talked which is not usual! And he laughed at our chorus! As you will hear though, he was enthralled with another ridiculous song- a stupid and bad one- which is beginning to grow on me. It is so funny because it was meant to be serious. But- honored I am to have now 13 months in a row with a st least part of a song on the radio. It is fun!

In 1945, the last time the Cubs appeared in the World Series, Billy Goat tavern owner Sam Siannis attempted to bring a Goat into Wrigley field. When he was not allowed to do so, he put a Curse on the Cubs- that they would never again win a world series.

Until last night, I thought the Curse was nonsense. But when you think about it: 1969, 1984, 2003, 2008 (the years we should have at least gone to the World Series) all involved rather dramatic collapses.

I hate to be negative about anything, but I am convinced that the Cubs will never be able to get to the World Series in my lifetime. It's okay- there are more important things in life than sports! Plus now I can write songs making fun of the disaster that is The Cubs.

My weekend music project:

"Waiting on the Cubs to Change"
music by John Mayer
lyrics by Adam Simon and Howard Segal

Me and my friends, we all misunderstood
We thought that they would do it, we thought that they were good
Now we see sloppy baseball playing, man it sure is lame
And we're crying in our beer, as the Cubs go down in flames

So we keep waiting- waiting on the Cubs to change (x2)
It really is the worst, when you know that they are Cursed
So we keep waiting- waiting on the Cubs to change

When they hired Lou Piniella, we all thought he was the fella
Who would change the way they played the game, but it was more of the same
So what's it gonna take to end this hundred year heartbreak
Might have to take a goat on a boat, and throw that goat in the lake

See- something good can come from something yucky. Sigh.