"Living on a Prayer" - Too ominous a title for still rattled Mets fans.

We've gotta hold on
To what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other
And that's a lot

No! We don't have to hold on to Shea. That is exactly what we're not doing. It certainly does make a difference. At least for my sanity and probably the jobs of Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph. This is not at a lot Mr. Jovi. It's bushleague.

"I'm a Believer" - Fits the famous "Ya Gotta Believe" sloganeering of the Flushing faithful, but too many scrappy connotations of hope for a team with high expectations of success in 2008.

I thought love was more or less a giving thing,
Seems the more I gave, the less I got.
Oh, what's the use in trying,
All you get is pain,
When I needed sunshine, I got rain.

Cue: 1988, 2006 NLCS, 2007, Pedro's 1st game back, the Bobby Bonilla and Art Howe eras, etc.

"Build Me Up Buttercup" - See above.

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around

"Movin' Out" - Billy Joel is canonized in parts of New York. Long Island especially. The Mets draw a lot of Long Island fans. Shea Stadium is closing this year. Obvious front runner. I hate front runners.

Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack.

"Sweet Caroline" - THE METS ARE NOT THE *#$&ING RED SOX.

"Never Gonna Give You Up" - Most. Apropos. Song. Ever.

We've know each other for so long
Your heart's been aching
But you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

and yet...

Never gonna give you up

[Note: The feverish feelings towards the New York Mets are the sole views of the Merry Swankster and not necessarily of merryswankster.com. Though Colorado is far from Queens, he's as anguished and hopeful as ever. Look for him this summer at Coors Field when the Mets face the Rockies. He'll be the most obnoxiously loud Mets fan being hushed by his embarrassed girlfriend...who happens to be a Braves fan. She knows not what she does.]