GIL HODGES

CHORUS

THE BOYS OF SUMMER LOOK DOWN FROM THE SKY
 IN DISBELIEF THEY SHAKE THEIR HEADS AND PONDER WHY
THE HALL OF FAME VOTED GIL HODGES FELL ONE VOTE SHY
WHY MAKE THE BASEBALL WORLD AND GIL’S WIDOW CRY?

THE OLD YANKEES JUST CAME TO HEAVEN’S BALLPARK TO PLAY
THEY BRAG THEY’LL BEAT THE BOYS OF SUMMER ANY OLD DAY
THEY DEMAND A REPLAY OF THE SERIES OF FIFTYFIVE
THE MICK’S NOW HEALTHY AND BETTER THAN HE WAS ALIVE

AT HEAVEN’S PARK THE BOYS AREN’T MOVING OFF THE BENCH
HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO BASEBALL’S ALL TIME MENCH?
SKOONJ JACKIE, ROY AND PEE WEE SHOUT GAME DELAY
GIL HODGES’ OUR FIRST BASEMAN HAS TO PLAY

REPEAT CHORUS

TO A MAN THEY ASK WHY ISN’T GIL HODGES IN THE HALL?
‘TIL GIL’S VOTED IN WE’RE NOT TOUCHING ONE BASEBALL
DUKE SYNDER STILLTHE DUKE OF FLATBUSH SURELY AGREES 
THE DODGERS NEED GIL TO BEAT THE PANTS OFF THE YANKEES

GIL HONORED GOD, AND FAMILY COUNTRY EXCELLED IN BASEBALL
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME WHY DOESN’T THAT SAY IT ALL?
IF YOU NEED A MIRACLE GIL MANAGED THE MIRACLE METS
THAT MIRACLE’S A MIRACLE IT’S AS GOOD AS IT GETS

REPEAT CHORUS

NEED MORE? GIL HODGES WAS NEVER THROWN OUT OF ANY GAME
HE WAS NEVER BOOED AT EBBETS FIELD NO FAN PUT HIM TO SHAME
WHY THAT’S WHY GOD PICKED HIM FOR HEAVEN’S HALL OF FAME
EARTH’S HALL OF FAME HONOR YOURSELF AND ADD HIS NAME

REPEAT THESE LINES AND FADE.

GOD PICKED HIM FOR HEAVEN’S HALL OF FAME
EARTH’S HALL OF FAME HONOR YOURSELF AND ADD GIL’S NAME

 

King of the Road Music BMI   Music Publisher   Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter   Phil Coley Singer and Arranger      2009