Centerfield

[DainBramaged]

Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today!
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
A-roundin' third, and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome man;
Anyone can understand the way I feel.

Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be Centerfield.

Well, I spent some time in the Mudville Nine, watchin' it from the bench;
You know I took some lumps when the Mighty Casey struck out.
So Say Hey Willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio;
Don't say "it ain't so", you know the time is now.

Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be Centerfield.

Yeah! I got it, I got it!

Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and brand-new pair of shoes;
You know I think it's time to give this game a ride.
Just to hit the ball and touch 'em all - a moment in the sun;
(pop) It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye!

Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be Centerfield.

Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be Centerfield.

Yeah!


Every summer since I was a teen ager and first heard this magic song, it gives me goose bumps. When everything is going down the shitter in our world, there is nothing more pure than the sport of baseball, and for 3 hours or so I forget about the fucked up world we live in. The All Fake Star game occurs shortly. The "stars" aren't picked for their abilities like they used to be. But it doesn't quench my love of baseball. Not for one steroid pumped second.

Play ball.

[Ptah]

1. That's one of the songs I sing to myself at work.

Keeps me in the 'game'

Thanks, DainBramaged

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