| I remember when baseball was everything
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| It was Little League but what a big game
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| There were two men on and one man out
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| I got a fastball hanging outside
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| I swung that bat with all my might and the ball was gone
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| They say I knocked the cover off
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| It was the only homer that I ever had
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| You shoulda seen my dad
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| And there ain’t nobody gonna take that from me
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| As long as I’m holding on
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| Heaven wouldn’t ask it of me
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| The devil on a good day ain’t that strong
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| I’m keeping it here inside me
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| As long as I live and breathe
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| The ball was soaring and the crowd was roaring
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| And there ain’t nobody gonna take that from me
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| I was nineteen, it was a good job
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| Moving TVs on a loading dock
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| Till the boss said: Son
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| Try to lose every seventh one
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| I got it worked out with a good friend
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| Keep your mouth shut, and we’ll cut you in
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| Now what do you say
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| Don’t you want to be rich one day
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| I lost a real good job that night
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| But I kept my pride
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| And there ain’t nobody gonna take that from me
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| As long as I’m holding on
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| Heaven wouldn’t ask it of me
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| The devil on a good day ain’t that strong
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| I’m keeping it here inside me
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| As long as I live and breathe
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| I said goodbye with my head held high
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| And there ain’t nobody gonna take that from me
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| And sometimes it feels like
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| My best years are behind me
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| Then somehow, out of nowhere
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| Something sneaks up to remind me
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| Like this morning, I woke up
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| To a little voice that spoke up
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| Saying: Daddy, please
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| Fix a bowl of Rice Krispies
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| You’re the bestest friend that I ever had
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| You know I love you Dad
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| And there ain’t nobody gonna take that from me
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| As long as I’m holding on
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| Heaven wouldn’t ask it of me
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| The devil on a good day ain’t that strong
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| I’m keeping it here inside me
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| As long as I live and breathe
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| I got more than I ever asked for
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| And there ain’t nobody gonna take that from me |