On the press conference that didn't do more to speak to the fans:
"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup ..." -- Across the Universe

On what the owners, players, Bud and Don did to the fans and this great game, which is so much larger than any of them:
"Instant karma's gonna get you ..." -- Instant Karma
"Sexy Sadie, what have you done? You made a fool of everyone." -- Sexy Sadie

On all the strike news, day after day, from the fans point of view:
"I read the news today, oh boy ..." -- A Day in the Life
"I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset ..." -- I'm So Tired

On what the owners and players seem to care about:
"All I can hear, I me mine, I me mine, I me mine." -- I, Me, Mine

On the owners, players, Bud and Don:
"In their eyes there's something lacking, what they need's a damn good whacking." -- Piggies

On payroll taxes, revenue sharing, and the sure to continually increase Old Style prices at Wrigley, from the fans POV:
"But when you want money for people with minds that hate, all I can tell you is brother you have to wait." -- Revolution

On the attempt to chloroform the Twins and their subsequent success in '02:
"Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter ... It's all right." -- Here Comes the Sun (Author's note: That entire song works for the Twins.)

On the "record crowds" at Expos home games:
"I look at all the lonely people." -- Eleanor Rigby

On whether we as a fandom will come back:
"Falling, yes I am falling, and she keeps calling me back again." -- I've Just Seen a Face
"Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before." -- In My Life

Justin Thomas

The anthem of Carl Pohlad:
"Money don't get everything, it's true.
What it don't get I can't use.
So gimme money (that's what I want)."

Or Bud's burgeoning martyr complex:
"This could only happen to me --
can't you see, can't you see?"

The whining of Donald Fehr:
"You never give me your money.
You only give me your funny paper,
and in the middle of negotiations,
you break down."

Noah Kaye

"Here I stand, head in hand. Turn my face to the wall." -- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
"There must be an answer, let it be." -- Let It Be
"I'm a loser." -- I'm a Loser

Greg Ferrini

Nowhere Man
Blue Jay Way
Come Together
Two of Us (duet with Donald Fehr)

Michael Caragliano

"Baby you're a rich man, baby you're a rich man, baby you're a rich man too." -- from Baby You're a Rich Man.

Dan Norman

Song Titles
"I, Me, Mine"
"Baby You're a Rich Man"
"All Together Now"
"I Should Have Known Better"

Lyrics
"... we all want to change your head." (Revolution)
"... everybody had a hard year." (I've Got a Feeling)
"I think, er, no, I mean, er yes, but it's all right. That is I think it's not too bad." (Strawberry Fields Forever)

Mitch Overton

"I'm a loser, and I'm not what I appear to be."

Doug Cesario