The Taxpayers - Drinking With Mickey Mantle lyrics
[The Taxpayers - Drinking With Mickey Mantle lyrics]
When I was five I was king of the yard
And my grandfather said
I had one hell of an arm
I remember learning his
Split-finger fastball
And all the tales he would stretch
With that famous Turner charm
And by the fire pit in my old backyard
I used to sit transfixed by his stories
About the time him and Mickey
Mantle drank all night long
Spinning yarns of all their former glories
And I remember Christmas eve when
I was ten and
Ma told Grandpa he was wasting my time
She sent him packing in
The pouring rain things
Were never quite the same after that night
But in the package he left under the tree was
A new silver wristwatch addressed
To his favorite grandson, henry
And my grandfather said
I had one hell of an arm
I remember learning his
Split-finger fastball
And all the tales he would stretch
With that famous Turner charm
And by the fire pit in my old backyard
I used to sit transfixed by his stories
About the time him and Mickey
Mantle drank all night long
Spinning yarns of all their former glories
And I remember Christmas eve when
I was ten and
Ma told Grandpa he was wasting my time
She sent him packing in
The pouring rain things
Were never quite the same after that night
But in the package he left under the tree was
A new silver wristwatch addressed
To his favorite grandson, henry