Dave Potts - If I Broke The Record lyrics

rate me

Tonight in Carolina, the bleachers are empty and quiet

Not a ball’s been hit my way all night

I hit a grounder up the middle, but the shortstop made the play

I’ll never make it to the big leagues this way

But the smell of fresh cut grass and peanut shells fill the southern sky

And we’ll be heading back to Birmingham tonight

CHORUS;

These towns roll by like tumbleweeds

Through the windows of these late-night trains

To those of us down here, it’s still a game

I may never be a hero, and you’ll never know my name

But if I broke the record, I would do it clean

Last week out in Greenville, about an hour before the game

A boy was watching warm-ups, with a big smile on his face

He put down his popcorn, held out a ball and pen

He looked a little awestruck, as I signed it for him

I didn’t ask for money, I just smiled and shook his hand

You should’ve seen the spring in his step, as he ran to show his dad

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REPEAT CHORUS

America’s favorite pastime, it’s simple and it’s pure

We all still watch the big leagues, but now we’re not so sure

But if you can catch a game in Birmingham, on a perfect summer day

I’ll run out every grounder, that’s how I learned to play

It’s not glamorous in double A, it’s not for everyone

But baseball’s what I do, who I am and what I love

REPEAT CHORUS