3rd Base Dodger Stadium by Ry Cooder Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Mister, you're a baseball man
As anyone can plainly see
The greatest game in this great land
Take a little tip from me
I work here nights, parking cars
Underneath the moon and stars
The same ones that we all knew back in 1952
And if you want to know where a local boy like me is coming from
3rd base, Dodger Stadium

[Verse 2]
2nd base, right over there
I see grandma in her rocking chair
Watching linens flapping in the breeze
And all the fellows choosing up their teams
Hand over hand on that Louisville
Crowning the top, king of the hill
Mound to home, sixty feet
Baseball been very good to me
And if you want to know where a local boy like me is coming from
3rd base, Dodger Stadium
3rd base, Dodger Stadium
[Bridge]
Back around the 76 ball
Johnny Greeneyes had his shoeshine stall
In the middle of the 1st base line
Got my first kiss, Florencia was kind
Now if the dozer hadn't taken my yard
You'd see the tree with our initials carved
So many moments in my memory
Well it sure was fun 'cause the game was free
It was free

[Verse 3]
Hey mister, you seem anxious to go
You'll find that seat in the 7th row
Behind home plate where we used to meet
When we were young we had dreams
Just a place you don't know
Up a road you can't go
Just a thought, laid to rest
In my mind, just a time
If you care to know where I'm gonna go
When I hit my last homerun
3rd base, Dodger Stadium
3rd base, Dodger Stadium
3rd base, Dodger Stadium
[Outro]
Hey mister, you are a baseball man
Yes, I'm a baseball man myself
Yes, I'm a baseball man too
Baseball been very good to me
Yes, baseball been very good to me