Willie Mays Is Up At Bat

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I hear the church bells ring, 
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Willie Mays is up at bat
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I hear the crowd go wild, all he 
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did was touch his hat
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Well, meanwhile Carol Doda stood up
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 and said I won’t be ignored
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She showed ’em everything she had, 
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then she showed ’em all a little 
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more

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Jim Jones and his Temple, on Gary 
Street right next to Young Bill 
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Graham
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Jim he walked right up to Bill, 
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clicked his heels, said you know 
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who I am
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Meanwhile Bugs and Daffy Duck were 
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hitchin up the coast to Pismo Beach
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While over in the in the Tonkin 
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Golf, the Navy took a hit or so it 
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seems

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Three on and two outs under the 
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lights, oh, nobody knows who'll 
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make it home tonight, oh

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Laughin Sal said please don't go, 
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don't leave me here alone and make 
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a stand
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She looked so faded in the 
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twilight, down there where the 
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breakers meet the sand
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Now someone said to Laughin Sal, 
hey Laughin Sal, just what you 
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laughin at?
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She said I'm only laughin at 
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myself, keep it down, Willie's up at
 bat

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Three on and two outs under the 
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lights, oh, nobody knows who'll 
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make it home tonight, oh

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Well that was all so long ago, 
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there's always something else to be
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 against
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And the only thing we know for 
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sure, is Willie always did swing 
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for the fence, come on

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Three on and two outs under the 
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lights, oh, nobody knows who'll 
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make it home tonight, oh
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Three on and two outs under the 
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lights, oh, nobody knows who'll 
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make it home tonight
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Nobody knows who'll make it home 
tonight