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My Baseball Videos - (c) Chuck Schaeffer

When I was young the first traffic light
was ten miles down the road
The miles of green where I was raised
are nothing but miles of homes
My favorite swimming hole’s
a home improvement store
I remember skipping rocks
somewhere down aisle four

My dad and I back home would sit
around the TV screen
Watched our childhood heroes
make the impossible routine
We‘d ooh and aah, jump up and down
but not so long ago
The only things that stayed the same
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Chorus
“Knock the cover off”, Hobbs1
A field for Shoeless Joe2
Kit won’t “lay off the high ones”3
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Set your record “Crash” Davis,
“don’t tell nobody so”4
Twelve-year olds can run the Twins5
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Twelve-year olds can run the Twins
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Dad played ball for fifty years
for fun and not for fame
His friends were in “A League Of Their Own”6
only “For Love of the Game”7
Lived and died with every swing
Reggie ever made8
“Donnie Baseball” never won a ring
although we always prayed9

Heroes get older now
time’s sure to take its toll
The years sap more life from us
than bases Rickey stole10
Each time I see a Sandlot11,
I smile because I know
I can relive all the memories
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Hey “Wild Thing” Vaughn,
“Make my heart sing” so12
“There won’t be any crying”13
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You’re a lucky man, Lou14
Although many don’t think so
Twelve-year olds can lead the Cubs15
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Twelve-year olds can lead the Cubs
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There’s miles of traffic now where
there was nothing but miles of road
Don’t think it’s ever changing soon as
Progress can’t be slowed
But I can slip back to the days
when I sing this little ode, ‘cause
Nothing ever changes
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Won’t you hit a homer, Babe,16
I know you told me so
Pop Fisher now can “buy a farm”17
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Beat the Beast, Rodriguez,
your legend’s sure to grow18
Amanda’s pitching for the Bad News Bears19
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A short sac-fly for Moonlight20
Nuke’s heading “for the show”21
The Rookie made the majors 22
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Spent thirty million, Brewster23
where’d all your money go
It’s time to pop in another
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It’s time to pop in another
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