Since the great BIll SHankly was taken away from us gone but never forgotten we all say thanks to shanks
A head of his time R.I .P "A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Liverpool we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves " Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say 'We're Liverpool'.
Twas on a cold December's day Back in 1959, When a man came down from Hudersfield Town To lead the Anfield line, He bought Yeats from Dundee and St. John, And the football world was shook, This man he became a legend, Bill Shankly from Glenbuck. On the Kop we'd sway and sing Till our hearts would burst with pride And Shanks he made a pact with us To build another side With Keegan, Tosh and Steve Heighway The great man kept his word Then in '74 he bade farewell Our dear old Scottish Laird. Now when Shanks was gone we sang walk on But feared we'd walk alone, The search was on to find the one Who could fill the masters throne. The one we crowned became renowned Throughout the football game, Three European Cups, six championships, Bob Paisley was his name. Now when Bob stepped down he left his crown Inside his Anfield home, Joe Fagan came and brought new fame With a treble won in Rome. Though the Heysel year left Joe in tears, The following year he'd sing, When we won the league and FA Cup And Kenny was our king. When he played in red Bob Paisley said He's the best he'd ever seen, And the team he built in 88 Ruled the football league supreme. And when Hillsborough left us all bereaved And the Kop bedecked in flowers, Kenny proved he truely was a king In Anfields darkest hour. Now the mantles being past to a man from France And it's Houllier we praise. As the reds walk on, the Kops in song And we savour glory days, Days of ball to feet,of victory sweet, Days of passion, guile and fire, The legacy of one so great, Bill Shankly from Ayshire
Shankly's Dream There are many who doubt we existed Years ago, years ago But they tended to be bitter and he twisted Like Big Joe, like Big Joe But we'd won five league trophies before Shanks had come We had players like Liddell and Scott We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream We got blessed by a great man of vision Bill Shankly, Bill Shankly And he led us out the Second Division We thank thee, we thank thee. Then we won every trophy that football has seen 'This Is Anfield' was known throughout the land We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream Everybody in the world heard us singing From our ground, from our ground And they copied us from Mancland to Peking Mersey Sound, Mersey Sound. Than the players would turn up and wa'd make them laugh Gordon Banks. Franny Lee and Big Jack We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream Then Bob Paisley he did even better Than Shankly, than Shankly. Euro Cups in a cardie, trendsetter He won three, he won three He was shy, he was quiet but by God he was great And we loved him just like we loved Shanks We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream Then came Heysel and Kenny took over From old Joe, from old Joe For a while we were rolling in clover Watch us go, watch us go And he won us the double against Everton Wembley sounded like never before We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream We were shocked, we were stunned, we were shaken When it came, when it came All those children of Shanks that were taken At a game, just a game And we'll never forget them as long as we live They are with us now like they were then. We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream Came a decade that kept us all waiting For a team, for a team And now Gerard has started creating Our new dream, our new dream And deep down inside us we all do believe That he'll take us back where we belong We're the boys from the Kop, Liverpool is our team And Houllier's reliving Shankly's dream