WHO'S THE GREATEST RED SOX FAN?
WHO'S THE GREATEST RED SOX FAN THERE EVER WAS?
A LADY NAMED DOROTHY SURELY BECAUSE
SHE WAS BORN IN A YEAR THE RED SOX WON IT ALL
AND STUCK WITH HER SOX NO MATTER THEIR RISE OR FALL
SHE FELT FAIR WEATHER FANS LIVED IN MORTAL SIN
EVEN SOME FRIENDS AND CERTAIN OF HER KIN
SHE TOOK ME TO SEE HER RED SOX AT FENWAY
SHE GAVE ME MEMORIES THAT LIVE WITH ME TODAY
SHE ADMIRED JOLTIN' JOE BUT DIDN'T WANT HIM TO WIN
SHE JUST KNEW HER SOX WOULD BE A SHOO IN
SHE LOVED TEDDY BALLGAME, THOUGHT HIM HEAVEN SENT
BUT BUCKY DENT SHE WANTED PLANTED IN CEMENT
IN AUGUST OF '78 THE RED SOX WERE MILES AHEAD
SHE PROCLAIMED HER SOX CHAMPS. THE HATED YANKEES DEAD
THEN BUCKY HIT A POP UP HOMER INTO THE STRATOSPHERE
ALAS HER HIGH HOPE SEASON ENDED WITH A TEAR
I FIRST HEARD HER CRY OVER THE SOX IN FORTY NINE
THOUGH YOUNG, I SHOULD'VE KNOWN THIS WAS A SIGN
WHAT'S THE MATTER I ASKED IN GREAT DISMAY
SHE CRIED OUT LOUD WE'VE LOST THE PENNANT TODAY
AFTER DECADES OF STRUGGLE, SHE WASN’T FREE
FREE OF WHAT WAS AND SOMEHOW HAS TO BE
THOUGH HER HEALTH WAS UP AND DOWN LIKE THE SOX HER LAST YEAR
SHE HELPED THEM WIN THE WILD CARD BY THE FORCE OF HER CHEER
AT THE END SHE RALLIED LIKE THE SOX BACK AND FORTH IT WENT
‘TIL THE YANK’S IN THE SKY SENT SOMEONE BIGGER THAN BUCKY DENT
NOW SHE’S IN HEAVEN THERE'S SIMPLY NO GAME DELAY
AND HER BELOVED RED SOX WIN EVERY GAME THEY PLAY
SHE MUST BE WATCHING A YOUNG BABE RUTH ON THE MOUND
IF BABE'S NOT WITH THE SOX SHE'LL CHASE HIM FROM GOD'S TOWN!!
JOE PICKERING JR.
KING OF THE ROAD MUSIC C 2001
13 POND ST. Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley
BANGOR, MAINE 04401