Always Make Time for Baseball

from Baseball in my Mind/Always Make Time for Baseball by The Baseball Project

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This tune came from an unexpected source: two all-time greatest Hall of Fame players ... of the cello. It's something like Barry Bonds asking for one golden batting tip from Willie Mays, and being told: "Barry, you really gotta watch The Simpsons." It IS great advice! I guess we all get wrapped up in what we do best, and it takes a lot of dedication to stay at the top. If you think we've been slacking lately at writing baseball songs, well, let's just say we've been letting our minds wander to worthy Elsewheres, keeping it all in perspective. But we're never too far away.

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There are many important tasks
That order our complex lives
There’s earning and eating our bread
The order of misdeed and lies

One second turns into an hour
A day becomes a week in bed
Months turn into a year
A decade later you're dead

So as this summer is unfolding
Take a short break from revolting
A very wise man said it all
Always make time for baseball

Pablo Casals advised Yo Yo Ma
Put down your cello once in a while
King Buzzo and Dale in the Melvins van
The Dodgers help them pass the miles

One second turns into an hour
A day becomes a week in bed
Months turn into a year
A few decades later you’re dead

So as this summer is unfolding
Take a short break from revolting
A very wise man said it all
Always make time for baseball
Even now

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from Baseball in my Mind/Always Make Time for Baseball, released July 3, 2020

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The Baseball Project New York, New York

We write songs inspired by baseball and the stories it spawns We'll be out this July playing songs from our latest album "Grand Salami Time" so be sure to follow us on Bandsintown. We are Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon, Peter Buck and Mike Mills. (our other bands include R.E.M, The Dream Syndicate, Young Fresh Fellows, Filthy Friends, The Minus 5, and too many others to mention) ... more

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