42 - Reckless Kelly

In the joy of the new season

We’d ride out bikes for miles

To a vacant lot on Maple Street

Toss the bat and choose up sides

All summer long from dusk till dawn

We all paid our dues

Everybody was the babe

But I was always 42

As the jerseys faded one by one

The babes would come and go

But I played every inning

From the sandlot to the show

Got my letter and my grip

I’ll see you boys around

I got a one way ticket to Cooperstown

My ticket’s punched to Cooperstown

His rookie year they called him up

Just to send him down

Couldn’t even hit his weight

Couldn’t turn that thing around

But on the field that echoes life

It’s a boys game played by men

And sometimes it knocks you down

But you get back up again

He’s got his number, he’s got his grip

He’s following a sound

Destiny is calling from Cooperstown

These wheels are bound for Cooperstown

Well I learned to play down in triple A

They gave me one more shot

Skip said take the ball kid touch 'em all

Gotta give it all you got

So I played er' one game at a time

And that was all it took

Just like Jack I never looked back

And the rest is in the books

There ain’t nothin' I can’t do

Just like 42

What goes around comes around

These wheels are bound for Cooperstown

These wheels are bound for Cooperstown