<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420031" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gold Medal Blues</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please hide the newspapers-and turn off the news.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please, nobody talk. I’ve got the gold medal blues.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No radio talk show can cure what I got.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why couldn’t Sid hit the post with that shot? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">America’s team gave it their best</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We beat those Canadians on the first test.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We out skated the Swiss, steamrollered the Finns-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">yet only got Silver for all of our wins.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though we were the home squad it all seemed so wrong</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The crowd in attendance was booing our song.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They dressed all in red, waved the maple leaf flag</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One fan looked like Celine Dionne in drag.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Luongo, their goalie, was playing at home</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While he made basic stops he did not look that strong.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The American goalie did more to impress</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With grace under pressure- no hint of distress</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">J.P. Parise’s boy gave us some hope</div><div style="margin:10px 0">with time running out it was tied like a rope.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But sudden death hockey well deserves its name</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Crosby’s second chance shot quickly ended the game</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please hide the newspapers-and turn off the news.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please, nobody talk. I’ve got the gold medal blues.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No radio talk show can cure what I got.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why couldn’t Sid hit the post with that shot?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420031" data-title="Gold Medal Blues de John F. McCullagh" data-description="Please hide the newspapers-and turn off the news. Please, nobody talk. I’ve got the gold medal blues. No radio talk show can cure what I got. Why couldn’t Sid hit the post with that shot? America’s team gave it their best We beat..."></div> </div> </div>

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