Despite being sung at twice the speed it should, Since I was Young has been a real terrace hit this season. I'm one of those who will sing along to anything, but its words i think are decent. I always get the feeling it is part of a story being told, and we are just getting a subset of it.
Something really hit with me when reading a post from
@northstandsteve in the Reading post match thread:
found it a bit emotional tonight standing side by side my son singing Since I was Young with him. Two generations singing the same song and the words so so poignant, that's why I love Charlton, every so often even in defeat it gives you memories you will never forget. After reading the 'Bonkers' thread about the unexplanable in following a football club, i've had a quick go at trying to complete the 'story' around the song.
It won't get sung, and its undoubtedly sentimental shite. But its for the
@northstandsteve and Joe's, the
@Greenie's, the
@Henry's the
@Covered End's and loads others I know currently doing the father / son thing. And hopefully one day
@AFKA and AFKA Jnrs.
To me, it makes the thought of packing bags and upping sticks to 'progress' a lot more difficult.
Happy Back to The Valley Day
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Since I was young
I followed ‘em
CAFC
The team for me
It’s from my dad
He brought me here
He saw me sing
I saw his tear
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
We lost our ground
We lost our way
But we’ll return
Again one day
Selhurst, West Ham
It hurt badly
But we kept on
For our Valley
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
And now I’ve grown
And times brought change
My love for them
Has never aged
But now my boy
He stands with me
That tears now mine
CAFC
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
Comments
We need new songs and this is a real good effort.
B nice if it got going
If only I had more children to take...............
It dawned on me and my old boy at the start of the season that we had been season ticket holders together for 20 years. Most of which have been in the same two seats!
To this day I still credit Charlton as the single biggest thing which has brought us so close.
The Delfonics were part of the Philly sound
Josh Harris comes from Philly
The truth is out there.
I wish we could get Goodbye Horse going on the same level as since I was young or cafc
I will always remember going up to Stockport years ago and drinking with their fans in the pub before the game. They started singing their songs and asking the Charlton fans to sing one of ours after each of theirs. Got a little embarrassing when we quickly ran out and they went on with loads all personal to their club. I like since I was young anyway, but these new words work really well.
copping it to the jaffas aswell :~(
I wonder how many parent / child combos we currently have doing semi regular home & aways ?