Joe Purdy - The Ballplayer lyrics
[Joe Purdy - The Ballplayer lyrics]
One shot gone
It was a cold day for the losers
Who came down to Savannah
To play for the weekend
Don't let them slip away boys
Cause they'll catch you if you ain't looking
Keep your mit's up and your
Caps down at the ballpark
She said "We were both something back then
Had the whole word at our fingers
And I still remember the day that they
Called you up for the big show
And you could of had me still
No but you never do listen
You were too busy packing your
Bags, for the big lights
The big city in the spring"
He said "I thought I was made
Out of gold, my big games, my big moments
Till I threw out my shoulder and they
Sent me back to the Farm League
Yeah and these days the best I can do
Is to keep cold ice on my good arm
Sometimes it hangs to my side
In these late innings
All of my rambling around
Yeah and all of my shameful days
The biggest mistake I made was to
Leave you back in Georgia
I'm just a washed up ballplayer at best
But I did keep all of my earnings
I still got one good arm to hold
Ya and one to pay anyone
Anywhere you think you might want to go
Anywhere you think you might want to go"
She says "It seems so silly now
Lord knows you don't deserve it
With your lost towns, and the highways
And the young girls and the tears
But, I'll give an old man a chance
One more to see just what your made of
Cause your only as good as a woman
Who will wait for you after all these years"
She said "take me out to the ballgame
Take me out to the crowd
Yeah and buy me some
Peanuts and cracker jacks
And I don't care if i ever get back
For it's root, baby root for the home-team
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's 1, 2
3 strikes your out at the old ballgame"
It was a cold day for the losers
Who came down to Savannah
To play for the weekend
Don't let them slip away boys
Cause they'll catch you if you ain't looking
Keep your mit's up and your
Caps down at the ballpark
She said "We were both something back then
Had the whole word at our fingers
And I still remember the day that they
Called you up for the big show
And you could of had me still
No but you never do listen
You were too busy packing your
Bags, for the big lights
The big city in the spring"
He said "I thought I was made
Out of gold, my big games, my big moments
Till I threw out my shoulder and they
Sent me back to the Farm League
Yeah and these days the best I can do
Is to keep cold ice on my good arm
Sometimes it hangs to my side
In these late innings
All of my rambling around
Yeah and all of my shameful days
The biggest mistake I made was to
Leave you back in Georgia
I'm just a washed up ballplayer at best
But I did keep all of my earnings
I still got one good arm to hold
Ya and one to pay anyone
Anywhere you think you might want to go
Anywhere you think you might want to go"
She says "It seems so silly now
Lord knows you don't deserve it
With your lost towns, and the highways
And the young girls and the tears
But, I'll give an old man a chance
One more to see just what your made of
Cause your only as good as a woman
Who will wait for you after all these years"
She said "take me out to the ballgame
Take me out to the crowd
Yeah and buy me some
Peanuts and cracker jacks
And I don't care if i ever get back
For it's root, baby root for the home-team
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's 1, 2
3 strikes your out at the old ballgame"