THE GREEN MONSTER

 

 

CHORUS

I’M TWO HUNDRED FORTY FEET LONG AND GREEN                  
MILLIONS HAVE SEEN ME ON THE TV SCREEN
NO MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPARK HAS A WALL LIKE ME
I’M THE GREEN MONSTER IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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I HUMBLY ADMIT I’M THE BEST OF FENWAY PARK
I STAND GUARD AT FENWAY IN DAYLIGHT OR DARK                
THOUGH NOT AS LONG AS CHINA’S GREAT WALL
I’M BETTER ON DEFENSE BECAUSE I’M TALL

I’M THE TALLEST WALL OF ALL IN THE MAJORS
OVER THIRTY SEVEN FEET THAT’S ONE FOR THE AGES                
MADE OF RAILROAD TIES, HARD PLASTIC PAINTED GREEN
I ONCE HAD ATOP ME A TWENTY THREE FOOT SCREEN

AS THE GREEN MONSTER LET ME MODESTLY SAY                          
I HOST THE BEST SEATS AT BOSTON’S FENWAY
I CAUSE THE VISITING TEAM PLENTY OF TROUBLES
LINE DRIVE HOMERS TURN INTO SINGLES OR DOUBLES

REPEAT CHORUS

THEY CAN’T PLAY BALL CAREENING OFF ME                                 
THEIR FIELDERS STUMBLE AND SCRAMBLE SILLY
I CARRESS RED SOX HITTERS WHO DENT MY WALL
ALL FOES FEAR ME SOMEDAY I’LL BE IN THE HALL

WITH FOES I’M DEFIANT WITH THE SOX I’M RELIANT                        
I’M THE GREEN MONSTER FENWAY’S JOLLY GREEN GIANT
GOT A MANUAL SCOREBOARD THAT TELLS ALL                                   
WHO WINS WHO LOSES SPRING THROUGH FALL

SINCE 1912 I’VE STOOD THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD                 
THAT YANKEE GAME IN SEVENTY EIGHT MADE ME SO SAD
BUCKY DENTS POPUP HOMER BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE
TED WILLIAMS COMPLAINT ABOUT ME MADE ME CRY

REPEAT CHORUS

CARLTON FISK DESERVES CREDIT WILLING THAT BALL FAIR           
HE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT IF I WASN’T THERE
I LOVE BIG PAPI’S TOWERING HOMERS WHIZZING BY
HIS SWEET SWATS ARE BETTER THAN MOM’S APPLEPIE

 

SOX FANS SIT ATOP ME THE TOP OF THE SPORTS WORLD                    
WHERE OUR RED SOX NATION FLAGS ARE UNFURLED
ITS GREAT TO BE FENWAY’S WALL IN OLD BEANTOWN
THE ROAR OF THE CROWD’S HEARD ALL OVER TOWN

 

WORLD RENOUN BETH ISRAEL AND THE CITGO SIGN                                                         
LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THEY’RE PALS OF MINE
NO MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPARK HAS A WALL LIKE ME
I’M THE GREEN MONSTER IN BASEBALL HISTORY!

Repeat third and fourth lines in last verse a few times and fade

 

King of the Road Music Publisher   Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter   Danny Mack Singer and Arranger   C 2009