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>> TWAS THE NIGHT AFTER...
>>
>> 'Twas the night after Auburn
>> and all through the land,
>> not a "Roll Tide" was uttered
>> by a Crimson Tide fan.
>> -
>> They used to be boisterous,
>> they used to be loud,
>> they used to be boastful,
>> and cocky and proud.
>> -
>> But they lost all their swagger,
>> they lost all their swing.
>> For one little second
>> had changed everything.
>> -
>> The score it was even.
>> The clock had run dry.
>> When Nicholas Saban
>> then started to cry.
>> -
>> He demanded a second
>> be put on the clock.
>> The worse that could happen?
>> A miss or a block.
>> -
>> But fate it is fickle,
>> and greed has a price,
>> and what happened next
>> just wasn't too nice.
>> -
>> The previous kicks,
>> wide left and wide right.
>> So he put in a rookie,
>> 'twas not very bright.
>> -
>> The kick was a boomer
>> of 56 yards,
>> but the extra yard needed
>> was not in the cards.
>> -
>> And back in the end zone
>> a lone Tiger stood.
>> He caught that ol' football,
>> he caught it real good.
>> -
>> He started to run,
>> he heard the cheers grow.
>> The Crimson Tide offense?
>> Too fat and too slow.
>> -
>> One hundred and nine
>> he ran for a score.
>> If needed he could have
>> run one hundred more
>> -
>> The crowd it erupted
>> while storming the field.
>> The Crimson Tide's season
>> was settled and sealed.
>> -
>> A cry of "War Eagle"
>> soon echoed the plain.
>> Nick Saban's expression
>> was one of pure pain.
>> -
>> And up in Ohio
>> they shouted "Go Bucks"
>> For it gave hope to all
>> well except for the Ducks.
>> -
>> And in Tuscaloosa
>> you could hear a pin drop.
>> And in Tallahassee
>> a tomahawk chop.
>> -
>> For the night after Auburn
>> the Tide does not roll.
>> The new boss in town
>> wears garnet and gold.
Alabama's new end zone
>> TWAS THE NIGHT AFTER...
>>
>> 'Twas the night after Auburn
>> and all through the land,
>> not a "Roll Tide" was uttered
>> by a Crimson Tide fan.
>> -
>> They used to be boisterous,
>> they used to be loud,
>> they used to be boastful,
>> and cocky and proud.
>> -
>> But they lost all their swagger,
>> they lost all their swing.
>> For one little second
>> had changed everything.
>> -
>> The score it was even.
>> The clock had run dry.
>> When Nicholas Saban
>> then started to cry.
>> -
>> He demanded a second
>> be put on the clock.
>> The worse that could happen?
>> A miss or a block.
>> -
>> But fate it is fickle,
>> and greed has a price,
>> and what happened next
>> just wasn't too nice.
>> -
>> The previous kicks,
>> wide left and wide right.
>> So he put in a rookie,
>> 'twas not very bright.
>> -
>> The kick was a boomer
>> of 56 yards,
>> but the extra yard needed
>> was not in the cards.
>> -
>> And back in the end zone
>> a lone Tiger stood.
>> He caught that ol' football,
>> he caught it real good.
>> -
>> He started to run,
>> he heard the cheers grow.
>> The Crimson Tide offense?
>> Too fat and too slow.
>> -
>> One hundred and nine
>> he ran for a score.
>> If needed he could have
>> run one hundred more
>> -
>> The crowd it erupted
>> while storming the field.
>> The Crimson Tide's season
>> was settled and sealed.
>> -
>> A cry of "War Eagle"
>> soon echoed the plain.
>> Nick Saban's expression
>> was one of pure pain.
>> -
>> And up in Ohio
>> they shouted "Go Bucks"
>> For it gave hope to all
>> well except for the Ducks.
>> -
>> And in Tuscaloosa
>> you could hear a pin drop.
>> And in Tallahassee
>> a tomahawk chop.
>> -
>> For the night after Auburn
>> the Tide does not roll.
>> The new boss in town
>> wears garnet and gold.
Alabama's new end zone
