Down, but not out...

Every Fan Down in Who-Phil
Liked Playoffs a lot... But the Grinch,
Who lived just South of Who-Phil,
Did NOT!

The Grinch hated Playoffs!
For one simple reason!
He's a Washington fan.
Who blew in the regular season.

It could be he has nothing pleasant to say
About the Birds' future game on Super Sunday.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the Redskins are done 'til the fall.

But whatever the reason,
As the story would go,
He stood there on Playoff's eve, mocking T.O.
Staring up from the District with a dumb, Redskins grin,
He saw no chance of vict'ry, not even a win.
For he knew every Fan down in Who-Phil above
Was cringing in horror, missing 81's love.

"And they're prayers are hopeless!" he snarled with a sneer.
"2 weeks come the Playoffs! They're practically here!"
Then he growled, with his grinch fingers cynically drumming,
"I MUST mock the Birds with their playoffs games coming"
But inside, he knew...

...All season long
They roughed up the 'Skins, and Giants with poise.
And then! They swept Dallas! The Cowboys! Boys! Boys! Boys!
That's the team Grinchy hated! The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!

Then the Fans, young and old, football kings of the East!
Yes, the East! N. F. C. EAST! EAST! EAST! EAST!
They still won the division, their rivals deceased,
Which was something the Grinch couldn't stand in the least!

And THEN
They'd do something he liked least of all!
Every Bird down in Who-Phil, even without T.O.,
Would storm through postseason, reversing the jinx.
While poor Patrick Ramsey, spends time on the links.

And the Birds would start rolling!
And they’d ROLL! ROLL! ROLL! ROLL!
And the more the Grinch thought of the Philly Steamroll
The more the Grinch thought, "They can’t make the Super Bowl!"
Why for fifteen long weeks I've put up with it now!
I MUST stop the Eagles from winning!...But HOW?"

Then he got an idea!
An awful idea!
THE GRINCH GOT A WASHINGTON, AWFUL IDEA!

"I know just what to do!" The Grinch laughed in his throat.
And he editorialized in the papers, cynical things the Grinch wrote.
And he chuckled, and clucked, "What a great Grinchy aim!"
For the Eagles are cooked! (The Grinch has no shame.)

"All the other teams..."
The Grinch knew they needed a present from Santa,
And this would be it!
But no team is can prevail, not Green Bay or Atlanta
And the NFC West isn’t good, not one single bit.

Every team, they are weakened,
Their flaws will cause them to go.
Into submission in Philly,
Even without T.O.!

‘Cause they still have that defense, on which no one can run
And in the whole NFC, they have lost to no one.
So while the Grinch cackles wildly with his newspaper jabs,
Let’s not fall of the wagon, we’ve still got McNabb.

To all the Fans in Who-Phil,
This still is the Birds’ Year.
And to our sourpuss Grinch,
We’ll look past your sneer.

For the Playoffs are coming,
Jacksonville, here they come.
While the Grinch sits home, bumming
Looking stupid, sorry, and dumb.

E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!