Baseball Gods from Wilmington Optimist by Danny and the Darlings

We went down to the woods that night
Our lips so full of chaw
Oh the bats had taken flight
Chasing the tennis ball
Down behind the Paper Mill
Time stretched out in all directions
Endlessly

First at bat was Nature Boy

He wore his bare feet
On the mound was Bobby C
That kid threw some heat
I prowled left field like a panther
Wasn’t gonna let anything get by me

The baseball gods are listening
Ice cold lager christening

The sky is cotton candy
Summer nights are fleeting
Nothing lasts forever
Om

Our first baseman leads the league
In OPS and WAR
Drafted when he was 16
He’s a superstar
He loves the city so much that he says
He wants to die wearing his uniform

I wake up every morning
And try so hard to be clutch
I gotta make more art
And love more people
Make my girlfriend lunch
I wanna throw my blood up
All over the sidewalk
And become at one with it

The baseball gods are listening
Ice cold lager christening

The sky is cotton candy
Summer nights are fleeting
Nothing lasts forever
Om

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