ONE DAY WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD

MY MOTHER TOOK ME DOWNTOWN

TO THIS NEW GROCERY STORE

THERE WERE PEOPLE STANDING AROUND

THE MAYOR SAID, "HERE’S SOMEONE

I THINK YOU WILL ALL KNOW."

"HE’S GOING TO CUT THE RIBBON,

MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD OF HIS SHOW."

I JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EYES.

THE GREATEST VOICE I’D EVER HEARD.

THERE HE STOOD BEFORE US ALL.

I NEVER BELIEVED HE WAS A NERD.

THE DAY I MET ANSON WILLIAMS

MY FAVORITE FROM HAPPY DAYS

HE PLAYED POTSIE WEBBER

DURING THAT 50’S CRAZE

I WALKED RIGHT UP TO HIM

AND ASKED HIM FOR AN AUTOGRAPH

HE PUSHED ME ASIDE

AND THEN I HEARD HIM START TO LAUGH.

"I’VE GOT TO GET TO MY NEXT

GROCERY STORE GRAND OPENING.

"I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WASTE,

AND THERE’S NO WAY THAT I’M GONNA SING."

THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED

MY WHOLE WORLD FELL APART

JUST AS HE HAD CUT THAT RIBBON

HE HAD CUT STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEART

THE DAY I MET ANSON WILLIAMS

MY FAVORITE FROM HAPPY DAYS

HE PLAYED POTSIE WEBBER

DURING THAT 50’S CRAZE

MY MOTHER HELD ME TIGHT

AND SAID, "MY DEAR, NOW DON’T YOU CRY."

"SHOWS GET CANCELLED ALL THE TIME,

CAREERS OF ACTORS GO DRY."

"I’M SURE ONE DAY MR. WILLIAMS

WILL FIND HIMSELF OUT OF WORK."

"THEN HE’LL BE SORRY FOR THE TIMES

THAT HE ACTED LIKE A JERK."

I GREW UP A LOT THAT DAY.

MAYBE IT’S JUST AS WELL.

WHEREVER ANSON IS NOW,

I HOPE HIS SOUL BURNS IN HELL.

THE DAY I MET ANSON WILLIAMS

MY FAVORITE FROM HAPPY DAYS

HE PLAYED POTSIE WEBBER

DURING THAT 50’S CRAZE

NOW WHEN I WATCH THAT SHOW IN RERUNS

ANSON IS JUST A GHOST

I STILL ENJOY HENRY WINKLER

BUT NOW I LOVE DONNY MOST.