Smokey Joe |
LyricsSMOKEY JOECHORUS SMOKEY JOE WAS SO GOOD TY COBB HAD TO SAY HE'D WIN THIRTY GAMES IN THE MAJORS ANY DAY SATCHEL PAIGE CLAIMED HE WAS THE BEST OF THEM ALL SMOKEY NEVER SAW HIS PLAQUE IN THE SHRINE OF BASEBALL SMOKEY JOE NEVER PITCHED IN A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME BUT HE BEAT PITCHERS NOW IN THE HALL OF FAME THIS BLACK NATIVE AMERICAN, A BIG TEXAN TOO FACED A WALL OF HATRED HE COULD NOT PITCH THROUGH HE PLAYED FOR THE LINCOLN GIANTS AND HOMESTEAD GRAYS AND OTHER GREAT BLACK TEAMS IN HIS GLORY DAYS IN THE WEST KNOWN AS CYCLONE IN THE EAST SMOKEY JOE JUDGING FROM BOTH NICKNAMES, HE NEVER PITCHED SLOW REPEAT CHORUS HIS CURVE BALL DROPPED LIKE A BIRD SHOT IN FLIGHT YOU SMELLED SMOKE BUT HIS FASTBALL ZIPPED FROM SIGHT WHEN HE GOT IN TROUBLE HE'D SMILE THROUGH IT ALL THE STRIKEOUTS WOULD COME AND ONE BY ONE THEY'D FALL DURING SMOKEY JOE WILLIAMS FIELD OF DREAMS HE PITCHED TEN SHUTOUTS OF MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS AND WON TWENTY-TWO GAMES OUT OF THIRTY THERE'S NO DOUBT HE WAS FAR MORE THAN WORTHY REPEAT CHORUS SMOKEY JOE WAS BARRED FOR THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN YEARS LATER HE WAS STILL ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN BUT SMOKEY JOE WILLIAMS FINALLY MADE IT TO THE HALL WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GREATS WHO GAVE THEIR ALL? REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT THE LAST LINE Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley Joe Pickering Jr. President King of the Road Music 13 Pond St. Bangor, Maine 0440l C2001 1-207-947-3525 |
| Song Length: 3:53 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |