Playin' Catch

I'd go out on the front porch

'Round 4:45

His glove on my left hand

A baseball in my right

He'd pull down the driveway

Still in his work clothes

Wouldn't even walk inside

He'd just say, "Buddy, let's go"

And I thought we were just playin' catch

But he was playin' catch out in the backyard

Trying to catch up for a while

Just to catch what I'd been doing

'Cause he'd been working all the time

I was thinking about a fastball

He was thinking how fast time flies

But all of that went right over my head

He was catchin' up and I was just playin' catch

We'd be out there till mom said

"Supper's gettin' cold"

'Cause he knew that I'd grow up

And be goin', goin', gone

He knew there'd be strikeouts

And curveballs I couldn't see

And lookin' back, I think his way of teachin' me

Was playin' catch out in the backyard

Tryin' to catch up for a while

Just to catch what I'd been doing

'Cause he's been workin all the time

I was thinking about a fastball

He was thinking how fast time flies

But all of that went right over my head

He was catchin' up and I was just playin' catch

And now I get

Why he stayed out there with me until sunset

'Cause now I got

One of my own

And he's waitin' to hit a home run

So I'm runnin' home

Playin' catch out in the backyard

Trying to catch up for a while

Just to catch what he's been doing

'Cause I've been workin' all the time

He's thinking about a fastball

And I'm thinking how fast time flies

And I'm hangin' on every single word he says

Yeah, I'm catchin' up and he's just playin' catch

Yeah, he's just playin' catch

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