OPENING DAY BROOKLYN 1947

YOU LEARN IT IN PLAYGROUND SPORT,
YOUR JERSEY OVER COLOUR AND CREED.
PASS TO THE JERSEY WITH THE OPEN SHOT,
WINNERS ARE THE PREMIUM BREED.
IT SQUIRTS OUT RED DESPITE YOUR SKIN,
SURELY IT'S BLOOD , THE PLASMA OF LIFE.
TELL ME HOW YOU GOT YOUR START,
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ECSTACY AND STRIFE.
THE OXYGEN THAT YOU SEE HIM BREATHE,
DOES IT FILL YOUR LUNGS THE SAME TOO?
IS IT AN INADEQUACY THAT YOU FEEL?
WITH YOUR REGULATIONS OF BLACK AND BLUE.
EVERY RACE IS THE CHOSEN FEW,
SUCH SUPREMACY RUNS OVER MY WAY.
WHEN YOUR FEW CHEWS UP THE MANY,
SAY "IT'S YOUR GOD WHO RULES MY DAY."

WAYNE MANNION
PLATINUM BULLET LYRICS