Brand New Game

My brother moved away
Searchin' for that shinin' light
Now he's workin' in a restaurant
And he's cooking every night
Well, me, I stuck around
Just livin' in this town
I got so many friends here
It just keeps me around

And I'm dreaming everyday
Hell I'll dream my life away
Like when I was a boy
I go catchin' for Detroit
My brother was a Yankee
My buddy Whitey was a Met
We'd all win the pennant
With a game, when it hit
Now White is diggin' ditches
And I'm unemployed
I grounded out on wishes
Far from little boys
And we never thought

Life's gonna get so real
'Cause we always thought
Life's a baseball field
And even if we lost
You'd never here us complain
There's always tomorrow
And a brand new game

My old man didn't see us
Quite as often as he liked
But he taught us how to catch and throw
And the baseball way of life
He was born an outfielder
And he grew up on a farm
Catching flyballs in a pasture
He's got a cannon for an arm
And he taught me how to love life
Just when playin' a game
He's still dreamin' 'bout the Giants
Shaggin' balls with Willie Mays

And he never thought
Life's gonn' get so real
'Cause he always thought
Life's a baseball field
And even if he looses
I never hear him complain
There's always tomorrow
And a brand new game

Got a boy of my own
He's gonna grow up to a man
And I teach him about baseball
So he'll understand
How to take a pitch and strike out
When he gets back to the plate
Then he cracks one up the middle
Go three for four that day

And he'll never think
Life gonna be so real
'Cause he'll always think
Life's a baseball field
And even if he loses
I'll never let him complain
There's always tomorrow
And a brand new game