The Ballplayer

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Long shot gone, it was a cold 
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day for the losers
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Who came down to Savannah to 
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play for the weekend
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And don't let 'em slip away, 
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boys, 'cause they'll catch you if 
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you ain't lookin'
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Keep your mitts up and your caps 
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down at the ballpark

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She said we were both somethin' 
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back then, had the whole world at 
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our fingers
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and I still remember the day that 
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they called you up for the big 
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show
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And you could have had me still, 
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no but you never do listen
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You were too busy packin' your 
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bags for the big lights, the big 
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city, and Spring

[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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He said, I thought I was made 
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outta gold, my big games, my big 
moments
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'til I threw out my shoulder and 
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they sent me back to the farm 
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league
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Yeah, and these days, the best I 
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can do is to keep cold ice on my 
good arm
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And sometimes it hangs to my side
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 in these late innings

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And all my ramblin' around and 
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all my shameful days
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The biggest mistake that I made 
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was to leave you back in Georgia
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And I'm just a washed up 
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ballplayer at best, but I did keep
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 all of my earnin's
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I still got one good arm to hold 
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ya, and one to pay anyone anywhere
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 you think you might wanna go
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Anywhere you think you might wanna 
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go

[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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She said it seems so silly now, 
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Lord knows you don't deserve it
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With your lost towns and the 
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highways and young girls and tears
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But I'd give an old man a chance,
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 one more to see just what you're 
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made of
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'Cause you're only as good as the 
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woman who will wait for you after 
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all these years

[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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She said take me out to the 
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ballgame, take me out to the crowd
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And buy me some peanuts and 
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crackerjacks and I don't care if I
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 ever get back
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For it's root baby root for the 
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home team, if they don't win, it's a
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 shame
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Oh it's one...two...three strikes 
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you're out at the old ball game