Say It Ain't So Baseball |
LyricsSAY IT AIN?T SO BASEBALLSON, YOU WANT TO KNOW THE BEST PLAYER I EVER SAW? ONE WHO COULD HIT, FIELD, AND THROW WITHOUT FLAW THIS MAN WHO HAD A GLOVE WHERE TRIPLES WENT TO DIE THREW FURTHER AND HIT PURER THAN BABE OR TY IN THE MOVIE FIELD OF DREAMS HE HAD A GHOSTLY FORM I SAW HIM PLAY FOR REAL IN HIS WHITE SOX UNIFORM SHOELESS JOE PLAYED FOR WAYCROSS IN ?TWENTY FIVE WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE FIELD THE CROWD CAME ALIVE AT THE END OF THE INNING IF HE CAUGHT THE BALL HE?D RUN DEEP AND TOUCH THE CENTERFIELD WALL JOE SHOT THE BALL BACK LIKE A JET IN THE SKY WAY OVER THE BACKSTOP IT CONTINUED TO FLY CHORUS SAY IT AIN?T SO BASEBALL SAY IT AIN?T SO DON?T DENY THE HALL OF FAME TO SHOELESS JOE JOE SERVED HIS TIME, NEVER PLAYED PRO BALL BASEBALL HIT A GRAND SLAM PUT JOE IN THE HALL JOE PLEADED WITH COMMISKY DON?T MAKE ME PLAY THEN IT WOULDN?T MATTER WHAT THE GAMBLERS SAY THE OLD ROMAN SAID NO IT WASN?T GOING TO BE SHOELESS JOE WAS PLAYING THE REST IS HISTORY HE THREW OUT FIVE MEN AT HOME AND GAVE THE REDS FITS HITTING THREE SEVENTY FIVE WITH A RECORD TWELVE HITS SHOELESS JOE WASN?T GUILTY ON THE FIELD OF PLAY WHY ISN?T SHOELESS JOE IN THE HALL OF FAME TODAY? REPEAT CHORUS and fade Joe Pickering Jr. Writer King of the Road Music BMI music publisher and copyright owner. C 2005 ? |
| Song Length: 3:35 |
| Primary Genre: Classical-Contemporary |
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