Same Old Lang Syne

by Dave Cariello on Jan 1, 2009 8:00 AM CST

We all feel that old familiar pain. (Photo Source)

It's a new year, the playoffs are starting this weekend and Saints fans everywhere are on the outside looking in...again. But what else is new?

I got the title for this post from the brilliant Dan Fogelberg hit by the same name. You know the one I'm talking about. The guy see's his old flame in a store on Christmas eve. They get drunk in a car while catching up on old times. Yada, yada, yada. He's still in love with her and she's still unavailable to him just like their former days. Don't act like you don't know all the words. It has nothing to do with New Years other than the title but I think it's fitting.

See where I'm going with this?

The point is: some things never change. Shockey will never play a full season, Bullocks will always suck and the Saints will always be mediocre. After another let down by the Saints this year we can't help but feel like the poor sap in Dan Fogelberg's genius opus. And the strong desire to get drunk in our cars. Every year, as Saints fans, we dedicate ourselves to the team and love them unconditionally but never, ever get our love repayed with a sucessful season. I'm relatively new to Who Dat Nation but some of you out there have endured this for many, many years.

But as Saints fans our mantra has always been, "There's always next year!"

Guess what? It is now officially next year.

Happy New Year!!

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God this song is cheesy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NmdFgFyhnk

by jjwest11 on Jan 1, 2009 9:28 AM CST reply actions

whoops, sorry.

I just realized you hyperlinked it. doh! delete this if you want.

by jjwest11 on Jan 1, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions

AW, MAN Saintsational you are one good holiday writer/poster

That song is DELICIOUS, and the karaoke lyrics crawl on that youtube version you linked to were most helpful.

We drank a toast to innocence…

It’s a good thing Fogelberg made some money off his songs, because otherwise they’re just sad-sack stories.

I can’t wait til you tie in his “Run for the Roses” with the Kentucky Derby in May.

And then who knows what you’ll do for Mother’s Day, Easter, Arbor Day, Earth Day, etc. It’s gonna be a great 2009 on da Chronic, I can just feel it!!

The Detroit Lions are on the clock!

by Hans Petersen on Jan 1, 2009 10:07 AM CST reply actions

I actually said it out loud

As we drove by the Superdome on I-10 on the way to the airport Monday, I looked at the sacred place and said “Just wait ’til next year.”

And I mean it. 2009 is going to kick some serious ass. It’s my favorite number. Not 9. 2009. Dan Fogelberg’s dead (get those prostates checked, guys), but the Saints live on. Geaux Saints!!

by stujo4 on Jan 1, 2009 11:24 AM CST reply actions