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Introduction:
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In the joy of the new season we'd ride our bikes for miles
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To a vacant lot on Maple Street
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toss the bat and choose up sides
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All summer long from dusk till dawn
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we all paid our dues
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Everybody was the babe but I was always 42
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As the jerseys faded one by one
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the babes would come and go
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But I played every inning from the sandlot to the show
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Got my letter and my grip
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I'l see you boys around
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I got a one way ticket to Cooperstown
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My ticket's punched to Cooperstown
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His rookie year they called him up just to send him down
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Couldn't even hit his weight
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Couldn't turn that thing around
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But on the field that echoes life
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It's a boys game played by men
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and sometimes it knocks you down
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But you get back up again
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He's got his number
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He's got his grip
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He's following a sound
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Destiny is calling
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From Cooperstown
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These wheels are bound for Cooperstown
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Well I learned to play down in triple A
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They gave me one more shot
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Skip said take the ball kid touch em' all
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Gotta give it all you got
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So I played er' one game at a time
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and that was all it took
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Just like Jack I never looked back
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And the rest is in the books
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There ain't nothin' I can't do
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Just like 42
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What goes around comes around
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These wheels are bound for Cooperstown
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These wheels are bound for Cooperstown