Brought together as strangers
On that first day that we met
King Edmunds was our playground
The trees our football net
Neither of us was that good
We could hardly kick a ball
But the love we shared for footy
Made us friends and all
City was your passion
You liked a little blue
Not Rovers that’s for certain
But Chelsea was part of you
We grew up through the ages
Got taller every year
We had some funny haircuts
Your curtains made me fear!
Our own ways we soon took
The paths that we call life
We danced a hundred dances
Until the last dance with the wife
We found the love ofThatchers
Gold and not the Maggie
Our hair became less
The eyes soon were saggy
Through it all, we laughed
Through the sunshine and the rain
The lines adorned our foreheads
Our souls absorbed the pain
Your courage gave us thought
As you battled through your days
We stopped to think of what life meant
In our endless rat run ways
You don’t have to be a hero
To Leave a legacy
You did that in your way
A legend for eternity
You gave us everything Batch
The laughter and the tears
You will remain in our hearts and minds
For all eternal years
So we raise a glass to you
Your playground in the sky
Get your head on that ball son
We wipe a tear from our eye
Watch over us now Marcus
For we will see you soon one day
Until then we smile at you
In every special way
