YANKEE STADIUM

 

 

CHORUS

 

GENERATIONS OF LAUGHTER AND SOME TEARS

MANY MEMORIES TUMBLING DOWN THE YEARS

YANKEE STADIUM HOME OF THE BEST TEAMS

YANKEE STADIUM OUR FIELD OF DREAMS

 

SPRING THROUGH SUMMER, DEEP INTO FALL

MEMORIES SPRING ALIVE FOR US TO RECALL

THE CHANT DEE-FENSE; THE OLD BRONX CHEER

WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER FIRST SPOKEN HERE

 

BEST FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED THE COLTS WON

BEDNARIK HIT GIFFORD LIKE A BABE HOME RUN

JOE LOUIS STRUCK A MIGHTY BLOW FOR ALL

A DYING LOU GEHRIG STOOD AND SPOKE TALL

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

CASEY’S IN THE PARK HOMER IN TWENTY THREE

HE WON THE MOST SERIES IN HISTORY

JOLTIN’ JOE FLAWLESSLY CAUGHT THE BALL

MICK HIT A HOMER ATOP THE FACADE WALL

 

REGGIE JACKSON BECAME MISTER OCTOBER

NEW LEGEND BORN, YANKEE GREATS MOVE OVER

MUNSON’S JERSEY HANGS IN HIS LOCKER TODAY

PLANES TOOK THURMAN AND LIDLE AWAY

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

ALI, ROCKY, BILLY JOEL, AND PINK FLOYD

JOHANNSON, PATTERSON HIS FIRST NAME FLOYD

BILLY GRAHAM, THE WITNESS AND THE POPE

BRINGING TO PEOPLE ETERNAL HOPE

 

WITHOUT THE AID OF ONE CAN OF BEER

BLEACHER CREATURES SCREAM THE LOUDEST CHEER

AS THE NINE ELEVEN SERVICES ARE DONE

AMERICANS EVERYWHERE BECOME ONE

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

GENERATIONS HAVE COME, GENERATIONS HAVE GONE

WE ALL BELIEVED BABE’S HOUSE WOULD GO ON

TWO THOUSANDEIGHT THE ALL STAR GAME IS PLAYED

IN THE BABE’S HOUSE FINAL SPORTS PARADE

 

NEW STADIUM, NEW MEMORIES IN TWO THOUSANDNINE

NO MORE BABE TO HIT HOMERS DIVINE!

ONCE THE LAST’S GAME’S OVER IN TWO THOUSANDEIGHT

WATCH THE BABE’S GHOST FLOAT OUT THE GATE!!

 

NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN, THE COSMOS AND PELE

MAGICAL MOMENTS OF YESTERDAY

WITH THE ONLY PERFECT WORLD SERIES GAME

YANKEE STADIUM BELONGS IN THE HALL OF FAME! 

 

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

 

FADE

 

 

 

 

 Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter   King of the Road Music BMI Copyright owner C 2007