Do you remember Jimmy, Jimmy "The Ghost"?
Jesus, could that boy play. He was the most
When Tom Hafey saw him, he said "Now James,
"If you apply yourself, it will be nothing but fame"
And boy did he slam in his very first game
When he put Dubliners through his pace
Then against Hawthorn, Richmond where fast dyin'
He wrote Ulysses and saved us right on the siren
Though there's something timeless about how he'd breakout of a scrimmage
And his use of the dropkick and of symbol and image
On a cold wet day at the MCG, many a time
Would Jimmy change the course of fiction in our time
Though many found him complex, strange and aloof
When he took a mark, well, the fans just hit the roof
And then he'd turn slowly around with the ball and he'd say
"Riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay”
He played over 400 games though some said "It was a mistake"
And then he'd kept going after and we'd say "Finnegans Wake"
I don't think so, we're out of our end, we're out of the five
So good on you Jimmy...Jimmy...Jimmy
Eat 'em alive