Referee Blues - Audio Blog
Late last night I was reading Korean news. Story after story after story was about the World Cup and how Korea was unfairly ousted from the tournament because of a perceived bad call by a referee. The more I read about alleged errors, conspiracies, charges of bribery, etc., something inside of me snapped and the words began to flow, and within minutes I had the first and ony draft of the “Referee Blues”.
While this is certainly no comparison to the “F***ing USA” song that some Koreans produced following an incident of perceived injustice and incorrect officiating during the 2002 Olympics, it is my own little tribute to the 2006 World Cup.
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Lyrics:
Hey there, referee. How can it be
You penalize Team Korea
No one else gets penalties?
That bad man. That cruel referee.
The Koreans told the referee
Please call the Swiss offsides.
We need this offsides badly.
‘Cuz we waited all our lives.
That bad man. That cruel referee.
What care I ’bout you babies
or the training all your life?
You and your coach Advocaat
Can’t seem to place blame right.
That bad man. That cruel referee.
Dae Han Min Gook
What that offsides flag for?
I didn’t hear no whistle blowing,
But the Koreans don’t play no more.
That bad man. That cruel referee.
Netizens all in a fury.
What you think about that?
We got 40,000,000 people
who want a piece of you.
That bad man. That cruel referee.
He stood there on the sideline
His head held way up high.
The Koreans all want to kill him.
They’d be glad to see him die.
That bad man. That cruel referee.