At a cathedral of a ball park
All the known beauty is here
I'ts " Turn back the clock day"
Old uniforms on new players
I'm disappointed

I want my money back!

I want cigar smoke blown in my face
I want men in suits and straw hats panama
I want women in dresses showing no breast
I want the Upton hot dog
Saw dust, screws and human with my pig's feet please
I want fathers with fearful sons
I want fathers that will beat the crap out of their kids
if they're not having a good time
I want Bahston, New yawk, Cleveland, Detroit, Washington
Philly, Chicago, St. Louie
I want bets in hands and guns in waistbands
I want a fixed game
I want boys in uniform cheering to die
Yes, I want war casualtie's
I want farm strength to lift one over the fence
I want segregation in the stands
I want old money and struggling money
I want the market to crash and burn
I want flash bulb cameras
I want old dialect and new modle T's

I wanna see gulls pickin' at peanut shells

I want Boston, Philadelphia, St. louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinatti,
Brooklyn at New York at Chicago
I want a " Called Shot "
I want a " Shot Heard 'Round The World "
I want the seat next to my grandfather
I want to laugh and talk like him and his friends
I want to go out after the game
I want speakeasy's and ancient liqoure
I want flappers
I want to dance with loose women
I want to dance with women saving it for marriage

I want 1900's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's
I want it as I sip beer in this park
I want it all in one day.

(c) 2009 Will Bates