Play Ball

Pete chalks the ballfields down at Dennis Linde Park

Turns the sprinklers on at sun-up and the lights on after dark

If you got time to talk, he'll give you his two cents

The grass is always greener on his side of the fence, yeah

He lost his wife to cancer and a thumb in Vietnam

Jokes he used to be a hitchhiker, but not for very long

He runs off the gophers in a golf cart full of dents

And the grass is always greener, 'cause he makes sure it is, yeah

Says, "You're old as you feel and I feel thirty-five"

"And any day that you wake up's a damn good day to be alive"

"Soak it in when you win 'cause you can't win 'em all"

"Go to church, love your mama and play ball," yeah

I broke into concessions once, but he didn't call the cops

He just made me clean the grease traps and replace the bubble pops

That's the spring that daddy left, he knew I was actin' out

And when I hit that first home run, he took me to Golden Corral, yeah

Says, "You're old as you feel and I feel thirty-five"

"And any day that you wake up's a damn good day to be alive"

"Soak it in when you win 'cause you can't win 'em all"

"Go to church, love your mama and play ball"

Someone to put the time in or fill an empty seat

The world would be a better place if we all had a Pete, yeah