In the beginning, there was Al
John and Tom and Big Art Shell
Gruden's now the man in charge
Young and Gifted--He's livin' large
'Snake' and Daryle were the bomb
Plunkett's time had not yet come
They held their ground in days gone by
Now Rich 'Loose' Gannon gets a spy
Freddie B--the 'Good Hands Man'
Caused the current stick-em ban
'Touch Down' Brown excites the fans
Try and stop him if you can
Rick and Jett are getting wise
Andre 'Bad Moon's' on the Rise
Marcus Allen was the King
Bo knew almost everything
Things aren't what they used to be
Now it's--'run by com-mit-tee'
Nap and Jordan, Jon and Kirby
Led by Tyrone "Cream of" Wheatley
Art and Gene and Double-O
Used to run the O-line show
Running left and causin' woe
Now it's 'Wiz' and little 'Mo'
Barry, Barrett and Lincoln go
Running right and keeping low
Allowing Parks and Myles to grow
Should help us to get to the Show
'Old Man Willie's' now a mentor
He knew the 'Bump and Run' inventor
He used to be the Oak Town law
We all admired what we saw
A brand new 'Sherriff's' now in town
The D-back dawgs are throwin' down
The Pope and 'Yoda' lead the way
Torrid Tory saved the day
Dorsett is trying to make his name
But not by playing his father's game.
If you were hit by George or Jack
Chances are, you wouldn't be back
Pittsburg Chucky cried 'Criminal Element'
Accusing them of malicious in-tent
He couldn't prove his case in court
His claims of menace came up short
Now Chucky's in the Hall of Fame
But we will always curse his name
They said --'immaculate reception'
We say --'immaculate deception'
Holy is as Holy does
Our 'Holy Roller' caused a buzz
The rules were changed by Pete Rozell
The Raiders always gave him hell
Howie, Rod, the 'Tooz' and 'Kick 'em'
D-Back Lester with his stick-em
Ronnie still had Lott's to give 'em
Our GM could really pick 'em
Bierkert, Thomas and 'The Hornet'
Don't allow the Tight End outlet
Running backs who come their way
Have a heavy price to pay
Bryant, Regan, Darrell Russell,
Lance and Grady bring the muscle
The pressure that they bring to bear
Is every Quarter-backs nightmare
QB's fall like dominoes
In the wake of Raider foes
Special Teams have done their share
Shane balls float in rarified air
Guy and Blanda took us there
They made a truly awesome pair
Janikowski started slow
The 'Seabass' needs some room to grow
We'll be here when he is ready
We have faith he'll kick them steady.
Tailgate parties are really hot.
Even when the weather's not.
The inmates of the great 'Black Hole'--
And members of the 'Skull Patrol'
From 3rd Deck to the North 'Dead Zone'
Thank you Al for comming Home.
We played the favored Beastly East
Turns out they're really just the least
The Raiders fought and tamed the Beast
It turned into a Raiders feast
In Indy, jet-lag soured our mood
Result--The Colts became dawg food
They had a 'Heidi" payback wish
But now the Jets are Tuna's fish
Though 'Sea of Hands' was twist of fate
This time we made the 'phins' fish bait
Seattle was an 'unholy' mess
What the refs were thinking is anyone's guess
We slipped and slid on Huskie 'flubber'
The place where no tread met the rubber
Kansas City used to be a threat
Now their tomahawk's all wet
We faltered there in Bronco Town
But 'Bucky's' House is comin' down
Sentimentalize-- if you must
Three Rivers also bit the dust.
The NFC can't challenge us
We might as well stay on the bus
Falcons, Panthers, surprising Saints
In terms of us, they're still the 'Aint's'
Chester deep--'Ghost to the Post'
The tight ends who were feared the most
Cliff and Ben and Bill King Too
They are somewhere watching you
What they're thinking ... who can say?
Let's make them proud in Tampa Bay.
So many memories warm our hearts
They come and go in fits and starts.
Greg Papa carries on tradition
Amy models her ambition.
The 'old boys' probably had a cow
But it's too late to turn back now
Daniel Turk was laid to rest
He roamed the gridiron with the best
We miss the 'Tooz and' Turner Too
Wherever you are, 'This one's for you'
Raiders' critics and rivals are legion
Even in our own Bay Area region
But we don't whine--we rant and shout . . .
We'll give them something to talk about
Raider-haters lead the attack
To overlook 'The Silver and Black'
We've waited years to get on track
We're badd, we're madd, and now ....We're Back!
