CHORUS

HELL FREEZES OVER OUR SOX HAVE FINALLY WON
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO IS ALL DONE
HOW DID OUR SOX DO IT? IT'S PLAIN TO SEE
THEY PLAYED THE GREATEST BASEBALL IN HISTORY

THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD'S LIFTED FROM OUR HEAD
WE'RE NO LONGER THE WALKING LIVING DEAD
HELL FREEZES OVER THERE'S HEAVEN ON EARTH
A PENNANT AND WORLD SERIES GIVES US REBIRTH

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NOW GONE ARE THE DAYS THE WORLD ALWAYS KNEW
WHAT OUR BELOVED RED SOX WOULD SURELY DO
THE BLACK DAYS OF DEFEATS ARE LONG GONE
NOW I WAKE UP SMILING AT THE RED SOX DAWN

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NOW GONE ARE THE YEARS OF FEAR AND DOUBT
AND GONE ARE THE TIMES TO CRY AND POUT
BASEBALL HELL WAS TOO HOT FOR ME
FREED BY OUR ETERNAL VICTORY!

REPEAT CHORUS SEVERAL TIMES & FADE

HOW SHALL WE ACT NOW? WHAT SHALL WE DO?
SEASON AFTER SEASON WILL BE FOREVER NEW
WE'LL PAY AN AWFUL PRICE TO BE LOSER FREE
GONE IS OUR TRADITION OF LOSING GLORIOUSLY

THERE'S SOMETHING CUDDLY ABOUT LIFE LONG DEFEAT
BABE RUTH'S CURSE WAS SUCH A BITTER SWEET TREAT
WE SAT ALL SUMMER LONG SQUIRMING IN FENWAY SEATS
NO TEAM IN SPORTS HISTORY MATCHED OUR LOSING FEATS

CHORUS

WAIT 'TILL NEXT YEAR WAS THE RED SOX BATTLE CRY
FILLED WITH ETERNAL HOPE THAT WOULD NEVER DIE
BUT OUR WHOLE WORLD ENDED OUR RED SOX WON IT ALL
OH THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN WINNING IN THE FALL!

SHALL I BECOME A CUBBIE FAN? THE CHANCES ARE REMOTE
THEIR CURSE HAS NO CLASS. IT'S A COW OR A GOAT
I CAN'T CHEER FOR THE YANKEES.THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO WIN
THE SOX GAVE THEM JUDGMENT DAY AND AT LAST DID THEM IN

LIVING IN BASEBALL HELL WAS BASEBALL'S HOTTEST TREAT
WITH HELL FREEZING OVER COLD VICTORY'S OUR DEFEAT
YES, HELL FREEZES OVER OUR RED SOX HAVE FINALLY WON
I FEAR THE RED SOX NATION WILL SOON COME UNDONE!!

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT LAST LINE AND FADE

SON, YOU WANT TO KNOW THE BEST PLAYER I EVER SAW?
ONE WHO COULD HIT, FIELD, AND THROW WITHOUT FLAW
THIS MAN WHO HAD A GLOVE WHERE TRIPLES WENT TO DIE
THREW FURTHER AND HIT PURER THAN BABE OR TY

IN THE MOVIE FIELD OF DREAMS HE HAD A GHOSTLY FORM
I SAW HIM PLAY FOR REAL IN HIS WHITE SOX UNIFORM
SHOELESS JOE PLAYED FOR WAYCROSS IN 'TWENTY FIVE
WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE FIELD THE CROWD CAME ALIVE

AT THE END OF THE INNING IF HE CAUGHT THE BALL
HE'D RUN DEEP AND TOUCH THE CENTERFIELD WALL
JOE SHOT THE BALL BACK LIKE A JET IN THE SKY
WAY OVER THE BACKSTOP IT CONTINUED TO FLY

CHORUS

SAY IT AIN'T SO BASEBALL SAY IT AIN'T SO
DON'T DENY THE HALL OF FAME TO SHOELESS JOE
JOE SERVED HIS TIME, NEVER PLAYED PRO BALL
BASEBALL HIT A GRAND SLAM PUT JOE IN THE HALL

JOE PLEADED WITH COMMISKY DON'T MAKE ME PLAY
THEN IT WOULDN'T MATTER WHAT THE GAMBLERS SAY
THE OLD ROMAN SAID NO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE
SHOELESS JOE WAS PLAYING THE REST IS HISTORY

HE THREW OUT FIVE MEN AT HOME AND GAVE THE REDS FITS
HITTING THREE SEVENTY FIVE WITH A RECORD TWELVE HITS
SHOELESS JOE WASN'T GUILTY ON THE FIELD OF PLAY
WHY ISN'T SHOELESS JOE IN THE HALL OF FAME TODAY?

REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE

CHORUS

WHO'S THE BEST FEMALE PITCHER THERE EVER WAS?
JACKIE MITCHELL! JACKIE MITCHELL BECAUSE
AT SEVENTEEN SHE STRUCK OUT INEQUALITY
TEACHING WOMEN TO BE ALL THEY COULD BE

JACKIE ONCE STRUCK OUT NINE MEN IN A ROW
THEN CAME THE DAY SHE FACED MURDERER'S ROW
THE NEW YORK YANKEES BARNSTORMED INTO TOWN
THEY WON THE GAME BUT THEY LEFT WITH A FROWN

PITCHING FOR A MEN'S TEAM FROM TENNESEE
JACKIE MITCHELL MADE BASEBALL HISTORY
IN THE FIRST INNING JACKIE WALKED TO THE MOUND
SIXTY FEET AWAY THE BABE TOWERED ABOVE GROUND

WITH A SIDE ARM MOTION SHE THREW HER SINKER BALL
TWICE THE SULTAN OF SWAT SWATTED NOTHING AT ALL
HER LAST BALL CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE PLATE
STRUCK OUT BY A WOMAN WAS THE BABE'S FATE!

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LOU GEHRIG THE IRON HORSE CAME UP TO BAT
THREE TIMES HE FANNED AND DOWN HE SAT
THE CROWD CHEERED THERE WAS PLENTY OF TALK
UP STEPPED LAZZERI WHO ESCAPED WITH A WALK

SOME SAY JACKIE MITCHELL WAS BORN TOO SOON
FOR THE NEXT DAY THEY PRICKED JACKIE'S BALLOON
LANDIS CANCELLED HER CONTRACT FOR DOUBLE A
THEN TOOK AWAY THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO PLAY

THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! POUTING'S FINE
AS LONG AS MEN HAVE THE SOLE RIGHT TO WHINE
THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR WOMEN IN THE MEN'S GAME
OUR HEROES COULDN'T BE SHAMED BY A DAME!

REPEAT CHORUS

MOM IT'S GREAT YOUR RED SOX HAVE WON IT ALL
BEATING THE YANKS AND CARDS IN A CLASSIC FALL
I BET YOU WATCHED THE SERIES FROM A SUPER SEAT
THOSE EIGHT STRAIGHT WINS ARE BEYOND A TREAT

CHORUS

THIS IS YOUR SEASON TO REMEMBER
YOUR SEASON NEVER TO FORGET
THIS IS YOUR LONG AWAITED DAY
HOW MANY TIMES MOM DID YOU PRAY?

YOU TAUGHT ME DON'T COUNT THE YANKEES OUT
NOW IT'S OUR TIME TO GLOAT THIER TIME TO POUT
THIS SOX TEAM STOPPED YOUR LIFE LONG REGRET
OH MOM I'M TRULY HAPPY FOR YOU AND YET

REPEAT CHORUS

YOU THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME
I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR SOME
MOM WHERE IN GOD'S HEAVEN ARE YOU?
OH WHERE IN GOD'S HEAVEN ARE YOU?

REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES AND FADE

THOSE CUBBIE FANS CLAIM THAT THEIR CURSE IS WORSE
BUT THE WHITE SOX HAVE A REAL LIVE CURSE
IT'S THE CURSE OF INJUSTICE OF NINETEEN TWENTY
AGAINST BUCK WEAVER WHO DIDN'T TAKE A PENNY

PLAYING IN THE SERIES OF NINETEEN NINETEEN
SOME WHITE SOX PLAYERS DID NOT PLAY CLEAN
BUCK PLAYED WITHOUT ERROR BATTED THREE TWENTY FOUR
IN THIS WORLD SERIES ONLY SHOELESS JOE DID MORE

GUILT BY ASSOCIATION WAS THE LANDIS DECREE
OTHERS DID THE SAME OR WORSE THEY GOT OFF FREE
IN TIME BUCK WOULD'VE MADE IT TO THE HALL OF FAME
INSTEAD HE'S STUCK IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF SHAME

CHORUS

WILL THE WHITE SOX EVER WIN?
NOT 'TIL BASEBALL LETS BUCK BACK IN!
THE CURSE OF THE WHITE SOX CAN BE WIPED OUT
LET BUCK BACK IN ALLTHE FANS SHOUT!!

BUCK PLAYED THIRD CLOSE AND HE PLAYED LIKE A FIEND
HIS JUG EARED FACE SMILED LIKE A JACK ON HALLOWEEN
BUCK WANTED TO PLAY BALL MORE THAN EAT
HE'D RATHER HAVE DIED THAN SUFFER DEFEAT

YES, BUCK WEAVER PLAYED THIRD BASE WITHOUT FLAW
COBB SAID HE WAS THE GREATEST HE EVER SAW
BUCK'S GHOST STILL ROAMS THE OLD BALLFIELD
WAITING FOR THIS INJUSTICE TO BE REPEALED

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT THIRD LINE ONCE

REPEAT FOURTH LINE ELEVEN TIMES AND FADE

CHORUS

SOME BELIEVE THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO’S THROUGH
THE SOCKS IN THE SOX WILL TURN BLACK AND BLUE
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO IS BACK ON THE ATTACK
THE BABE AND YANKS WILL HANG THE SOX ON THE RACK
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO IS BACK!

WILL THE BABE APPEAR AT OUR SEANCE TONIGHT?
THIS WAS OUR WISH AS WE HELD OUR HANDS TIGHT
IN A MOMENT THE BABE’S GHOSTLY FORM CAME
THE BABE HAD THE LOOK OF A CHILD IN SHAME

HIS VOICE CHOKED AND WE FELT HE WOULD CRY
HE GATHERED HIMSELF AND SAID WITH A SIGH
I DIDN’T GO TO THE GAMES AT THE HOUSE I BUILT
MY DEAR YANKEE FANS I FEEL A GREAT GUILT

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I LAUGHED WHEN THE YANKEES WENT THREE UP
CELEBRATING EARLY I TOOK MORE THAN A CUP
SURE THE SOX CAME BACK TO WIN THE NEXT TWO
BUT LOSING BIG IS WHAT THE SOX ALWAYS DO

I WEAVED OVER TO THE SOX DUGOUT FOR A LARK
I SNOOZED OFF THEN WOKE SMILING IN THE DARK
WHY NOT LIFT THE CURSE AND SEE WHAT THEY DO
I NEVER BELIEVED MY YANKS WOULD LOSE TWO!

I FELT PITY FOR THE SOX WHAT A MISTAKE
I GAVE THAT BAND OF IDIOTS A BIG BREAK!
IT’S PAINFUL TO SEE ALL THE TEARS IN YOUR EYES
I PROMISE TO BRING YOU BASEBALL’S BIGGEST PRIZE!

REPEAT CHORUS TWO TIMES AND FADE

PHILADELPHIA THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
HAS THE DARKEST SPORT CLOUDS HANGING FROM ABOVE
SINCE EIGHTYFOUR OUR TEAMS HAVEN’T WON A THING
NOT A SINGLE TITLE NOR A WORLD SERIES RING

THE EAGLES AREN’T FLYING NEITHER ARE THE FLYERS
THE PHILLIES AND SIXERS MAKE THE FANS TOWN CRIERS
WHEN THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER FIRST WHEN UP
OUR FLYERS LOST TWICE IN THE STANLEY CUP!

CHORUS

A SPELL HAS BEEN CAST ON OUR FAIR CITY
BY FOUNDER WILLIAM PENN IT ISN’T PRETTY
THE WINNING WAYS OF OUR TEAMS ARE GONE
THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN IS ON!

WHY EVEN THE LIBERTY BELL HAS LOST ITS CHIME!
OUR TEAMS HAVE ALWAYS WON BEFORE THAT TIME
WILLIAM PENNS’ STATUE STANDS ATOP CITY HALL
HE ONCE VIEWED ALL NOW HE SEES A WALL

OF SKYSCRAPERS RISING AT SUCH GREAT PACE
OUR CITY’S FOUNDER HAS LOST HIS PLACE
WE HAD A PROUD TRADITION NO LONGER TRUE
NO BUILDING HIGHER THAN HIS HAT OR VIEW

REPEAT CHORUS

EVERY SEASON’S LIKE RIDING PRONE IN A HEARSE
TO THE GRAVEYARD OF DEFEAT NOTHING’S WORSE
COULD WE JACK UP THE HEIGHT OF CITY HALL
SO HIS EMINENCE COULD BE TALLER THAN ALL?

HOW ABOUT HIM ATOP ONE LIBERTY PLACE?
WOULD HIS CURSE DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE?
IF WE BUILT ALL SKYSCRAPERS UNDERGROUND
ONCE MORE HE’D HAVE A GRANDVIEW OF HIS TOWN!

REPEAT CHORUS

NOW THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN IS ON!

CHORUS

THEY CALLED HIM CHARLIE HUSTLE AND HUSTLE HE DID
THE WAY HE CHATTERED HIT FIELDED AND SLID
THIS OLD TIME PLAYER IN THE MODERN GAME
PLAYED LIKE MANY NOW IN THE HALL OF FAME.

I SAW HIM PLAY IN THE WORLD SERIES IN SEVENTY FIVE
PETE PLAYED WITH SUCH PASSION HE MADE ME FEEL ALIVE
PETE ROSE BROKE TY COBBS’ RECORD LIKE MATCHSTICKS
FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX HITS

THERE’S AN EMPTY SPOT IN THE HALL OF FAME
CHARLIE HUSTLE DESERVES TO CLAIM
HOW MANY MORE HITS DOES HE HAVE TO MAKE?
HOW MANY MORE RECORDS DOES HE NEED TO BREAK?

REPEAT CHORUS

THOUGH HE BET ON BASEBALL, BASEBALL’S CARDINAL SIN
HE DIDN’T BET AGAINST HIS TEAM HE PLAYED TO WIN
THERE ARE MORE SINNERS THAN SAINTS IN THE HALL OF FAME
MAY PETE ROSE BE JUDGED ON HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME

REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES AND FADE

CHORUS

BASEBALL’S BACK IN D.C. WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE
OUR NATIONAL GAME IN OUR CAPITAL CITY
BASEBALL’S BACK IN D.C. THE LONG WAIT IS OVER
OUR FIELD OF DREAMS’ FILLED WITH FOUR LEAF CLOVER

WE’VE GOT OURSELVES A BRAND NEW TEAM
LET’S ROOT,HOLLER,AND SCREAM
THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS’ OUR BASEBALL TEAM
WE’LL CHEER THEM ALL TO A WORLD SERIES DREAM

REPEAT CHORUS

ON OPENING DAY THE PREZ THROWS OUT THE BALL
THAT STARTS OUR MARCH TO VICTORY IN THE FALL
WE WON’T BE THE DOOR MAT OF YEARS AGO
OUR NATIONALS WILL VANQUISH EVERY FOE

REPEAT CHORUS

IF THIS TEAM FALTERS LIKE THE SENATORS OF OLD
WE’LL MARCH ON CONGRESS WE’LL BE SO BOLD
CONGRESS WILL PASS A LAW THE PRESIDENT WILL DECREE
THE TEAM THAT WINS THE SERIES MUST BE FROM D.C.

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

FADE WITH:

YES BASEBALL’S BACK IN D.C!

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