IT WAS ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO
WHEN BRETT FAVRE BURST UPON THE SCENE
AN UNHEARD OF SECOND YEAR QUARTERBACK
WHO WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE GREEN

AN INJURY TO THE PACK'S BELOVED MAJIK MAN
LED TO BRETT GETTING THE COACHES' CALL
AND DESPITE HAVING TO COME FROM BEHIND
WON THE GAME WITH A WELL-THROWN BALL

THE NEXT SUNDAY HE WAS THE STARTER
WHERE HE'D STAY FOR SIXTEEN YEARS
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE GAMES
SHOWING FANS HIS JOY, HIS SMILES, HIS TEARS

WE WATCHED BRETT GROW FROM A FRECKLED KID
WHO TRUSTED HIS ARM A BIT MORE THAN WAS WISE
INTO A GRIZZLED VET WITH GRAYING HAIR
BUT STILL CARRYING THE FIRE IN HIS EYES

THAT FIRE SERVED THE PACKERS WELL
LEADING THEM TO A PAIR OF SUPER BOWLS
LEARNING FROM THEM HOW IT FEELS
IN BOTH THE CHAMPION'S AND LOSER'S ROLE

IT WASN'T JUST FANS OF GREEN BAY'S PACK
WHO SAW THE THINGS THAT FAVRE WAS BECOMING
THREE TIMES HE WAS CHOSEN AS M-V-P
AND ACCOLADES AND HONORS JUST KEPT ON COMING

THROUGHOUT TIME SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGED
AND HIS 'GUNSLINGER' TITLE WAS WELL-EARNED
FOR HE BELIEVED HE COULD GET THE BALL THERE
AND SOMETIMES OF COURSE HE WOULD GET BURNED

UNFORTUNATELY THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN BIG GAMES
AND THOUGH THE FAULT WASN'T BRETT'S ALONE
BECAUSE OF THE QUARTERBACK'S VISIBILITY
ON TV IT WAS HIS MISTAKES THAT WERE SHOWN

AS THE WEIGHT OF YEARS GREW TO A LOAD
THE OFFSEASONS BECAME A TEST OF WILL
WHILE HATING TO GO OFF TO TRAINING CAMP
BRETT KNEW FOR THE GAME STILL HELD THRILLS

TO REMAKE THE PACKERS IN HIS OWN IMAGE
IS TO WHAT THE GENERAL MANAGER ASPIRED
AND WITH A LEAN AND A LITTLE PRESSURE
BRETT FAVRE TEARFULLY RETIRED

MANY OBSERVERS HOWEVER DOUBTED IT WOULD LAST
AND AS SPRING ROLLED AROUND THEY PROVED RIGHT
UNBELIEVABLY THE PACKERS DIDN'T WANT BRETT
WHICH OBVIOUSLY WAS LEADING TO A FIGHT

LIKE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENING IN SLOW MOTION
OR AN INCREDIBLY MESSY DIVORCE
THE NATION WAS WATCHING AS BRETTS RETIREMENT
THE PACKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO ENFORCE

WHILE NEITHER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY AT FAULT
LIKEWISE NEITHER SIDE CAME AWAY WITH NO BLAME
AND THE SUBTRIFUGE AND MISINFORMATION TEDDY USED
MADE MANY PACKERS' FANS FEEL ASHAMED

THE STORY SEEMED TO CHANGE WITH EVERY TELLING
THOUGH BRETT'S VERSION WAS USUALLY THE SAME
WHILE TED AND COMPANY HAD SOME TROUBLE
NOT SOUNDING  COMPLETELY LAME

FIRST THE PACKERS TOLD HIM HE WASN'T WELCOME
THEN THEY TOLD HIM THERE'D BE NO RELEASE
THEY WORKED OUT A DEAL TO TRADE HIM AWAY
IN HOPES THAT WOULD FINALLY LEAD TO PEACE

SO NOW BRETT FAVRE IS A NEW YORK JET
AND HE SAYS HE'S HAVING A BLAST
WHILE IN GREEN BAY AN UNTESTED BACKUP
HAS BEEN GIVEN THE STARTING ROLE TASK

AND THUS ENDS THE HISTORY IN GREEN BAY
OF THE MAN WHO RETURNED WINNING TO THE PACK
LET'S ALL HOPE THIS WORKS OUT FOR EVERYONE
OR TED THOMPSON WILL HAVE TO WATCH HIS BACK