You promised that you'd do it
When the Cubs won the series
The chances so improbable,
It wouldn't happen even in theory,

The girl you said you'd marry,
When the Cubs won the series
Well its fifty years later,
I hope you love her dearly

The debt you said you'd pay back
When the Cubs won the series,
Well its forty years later,
The interest accruing yearly

All the healthy things you said you'd do
When the Cubs won the series,
Well its thirty years later,
Even your scale refuses query

You told me you'd put spots on zebras
When the Cubs won the series,
Well its twenty years later,
Spots instead of jail stripes would be rather cheery

You promised me a ton of cheese
When the Cubs topped the world,
Well its ten years later,
And your milk hasn't curdled

You thought it would be the end of time
When the Cubs won the series,
There is no more waiting now
Your plight is getting serious.

A day of reckoning is here
Your old promises you mock
Now you will be accountable
When the Cubs put you on the spot