WHO?

 

CHORUS

 

WHO LED THE N.L. IN DOUBLES TWICE

WHO PLAYED WITH NINE BODY PARTS IN ICE

WHO WAS THE N.L. BATTING CHAMP TOO

WHO’S BEST REMEMBERED FOR ONE BOO-BOO

 

WHO OUT-HIT MOST PLAYERS IN THE HALL OF FAME

WHO PLAYED MORE THAN MOST IN THE GAME

WHO HIT THREE HUNDRED PLUS FOR EIGHT SEASONS

WHO WAS GREAT FOR SO MANY REASONS

 

WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR ASSISTS AT FIRST

WHO’S BEEN TREATED THE VERY WORST

HIS CAREER SPANNED FOUR DECADES.  WHAT A SHAME

THE GREAT BILL BUCKNER TOOK ALL THE BLAME

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

I STILL WINCH A BIT AT THAT EIGHTY SIX GAME

BUT NO LIFE WAS LOST…LIFE GOES ON THE SAME

BILL BUCKNER’S CLEARLY A MAJOR REASON

WHY WE HAD THAT GREAT EIGHTY SIX SEASON

 

IT’S OVER AND DONE WITH.  TIME TO FORGET

TIME TO REALIZE WE’VE BEEN ALL WET

BILL MIGHT MAKE IT TO THE HALL OF FAME

UNTIL WE ATONE WE’RE IN THE HALL OF SHAME

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

IF YOU EVER COME BACK TO NEW ENGLAND BILL

I HOPE WE CHEER YOU FROM EVERY WINDOW SILL

BILL BUCKNER REMEMBER AND VALUE THAT NAME

A PLAYER WHO GAVE HIS HEART TO THE GAME

 

(REPEAT LAST TWO LINES…. AND FADE.)

 

Joe Pickering, Jr., President                        Writers: Joe Pickering, Jr. & Phil Coley

King of the Road Music

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