SAY IT AIN’T SO BASEBALL

SON, YOU WANT TO KNOW THE BEST PLAYER I EVER SAW?

ONE WHO COULD HIT, FIELD, AND THROW WITHOUT FLAW

THIS MAN WHO HAD A GLOVE WHERE TRIPLES WENT TO DIE

THREW FURTHER AND HIT PURER THAN BABE OR TY

IN THE MOVIE FIELD OF DREAMS HE HAD A GHOSTLY FORM

I SAW HIM PLAY FOR REAL IN HIS WHITE SOX UNIFORM

SHOELESS JOE PLAYED FOR WAYCROSS IN ‘TWENTY FIVE

WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE FIELD THE CROWD CAME ALIVE

AT THE END OF THE INNING IF HE CAUGHT THE BALL

HE’D RUN DEEP AND TOUCH THE CENTERFIELD WALL

JOE SHOT THE BALL BACK LIKE A JET IN THE SKY

WAY OVER THE BACKSTOP IT CONTINUED TO FLY

CHORUS

SAY IT AIN’T SO BASEBALL SAY IT AIN’T SO

DON’T DENY THE HALL OF FAME TO SHOELESS JOE

JOE SERVED HIS TIME, NEVER PLAYED PRO BALL

BASEBALL HIT A GRAND SLAM PUT JOE IN THE HALL

JOE PLEADED WITH COMMISKY DON’T MAKE ME PLAY

THEN IT WOULDN’T MATTER WHAT THE GAMBLERS SAY

THE OLD ROMAN SAID NO IT WASN’T GOING TO BE

SHOELESS JOE WAS PLAYING THE REST IS HISTORY

HE THREW OUT FIVE MEN AT HOME AND GAVE THE REDS FITS

HITTING THREE SEVENTY FIVE WITH A RECORD TWELVE HITS

SHOELESS JOE WASN’T GUILTY ON THE FIELD OF PLAY

WHY ISN’T SHOELESS JOE IN THE HALL OF FAME TODAY?

REPEAT CHORUS and fade

Joe Pickering Jr. Writer King of the Road Music BMI music publisher and copyright owner.

C 2005

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