I Wish I Was a Brooklyn Dodger (free download)
. 01/03/2008
by Tom Flannery
copyright 2007 (BMI)
I wish I was a Brooklyn Dodger
and it was the good 'ol days
Jackie, Campy, Pee Wee
taking the pain away
front porches and Red Barber
I'll tell you what we'll do
lets close our eyes and dream we're back
on Flatbush Avenue
I'd forget to say I love you
but I'll make it all up now
I'll swagger with the boys of summer
all that humility will allow
now it's all nurses and forgetting
and pills to dull the pain
and staring out the window
praying it won't rain
'cause we're supposed to play two today
and we're gonna give Newk the ball
says he's mad as hell
and he wants to throw 'em all
so damn all them Yankees
and the Giants at the Polo Grounds
I'll take you if you let me
back to hear the sounds
My wife she loved Gil Hodges
but still I never cared
he may hit the ball a mile
but no way he can compare
I used to stick my thumb out
and hitch a ride back to her
that was OK back then
a time I still prefer
I wish I was a Brooklyn Dodger
and Ebbets field was my home
instead of lying here in the dark
tired of being alone
My wars are nearly over
and I could if I would
lead 'em up them dugout steps
but that sky don't look so good
'cause we're supposed to play two today
and we're gonna give Newk the ball
says he's mad as a hornet
and he wants to throw them all
so damn all them Yankees
and the Giants at the Polo Grounds
I'll take you if you let me
back to hear the sounds
I wish I was a Brooklyn Dodger
and it was the good 'ol days
Jackie, Campy, Pee Wee
taking the pain away
front porches and Red Barber
I'll tell you what we'll do
lets close our eyes and dream we're back
on Flatbush Avenue
I wish I was a Brooklyn Dodger
I wish I was a Brooklyn Dodger
I wish I was a Brooklyn Dodger
lets close our eyes and dream we're back
on Flatbush Avenue
