If you dont drink you will Die ,so it better to be Drunk , than be Sober when you Die ,Just Like The fan of The Invisible Man We arent Really here .That is how the Original Version went .It All Started After a Lad in Prestwich Died While loads of us were on a Stag do .One Sunday lunchtime when we were on the Pi*s in the Forresters in Prestwich one of the lads sang it in tribute & it was then sung all Afternoon .Months later i organised a Couple of Coaches to watch City play Athlone & Cork in Ireland & When Pis*ed up we Kept singing it & also sang it at the Cork Supporters branch do .For Some mad strange Reason it caught on but without the Orginal Verse .It had absolutley nothing to do with football & all the other reasons people put about are just Myths which happen with the Passage of time .We used to sing it loads at our Branch meting s as well Regards Don Price ex Chairman P&W Branch