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The Ballad Of Beer Can Baseball

from Storyteller by The Front Porch Country Band

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"BEER CAN BASEBALL." The official song by the official band of the popular Beer Can Baseball.® Part of the worldwide video-release and launch during the 2nd Season in 2012. The song appears here for the first time as a full-album track.

WATCH THE VIDEO! – "The Legend Of The Game"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iufMjXL8_1U

lyrics

LYRICS:
It was Saturday night the tavern was right
Our favorite game was on
But play was slow the crowd was low
So we turned to head on home

When out of the shadows a stranger stepped
With a can in his hand and a cane
He said, “Boys, don’t settle just for watchin’
Let me show you how to play this game!”

“In the olden days we had different ways
Magic was there in the stands
Batter or Pitcher? Predictions ran wild
The suds flowed fast from the cans

Before each pitch the crowd would twitch
As tempers were startin’ to fly
Fans would record their predictions, son
The thought brings a tear to my eye

“We were playin’ Beer Can Baseball America’s favorite game
Predictin’ every outcome stakin’ our every claim
America’s favorite pastime and all across this land
We were playin’ Beer Can Baseball
A lifetime of fun in a can!

“Will the batter hit safely
And make it to first – will he die on a high ‘strike three’
The score on the field never mattered, son, what mattered
For fans like me was our gift for making predictions
Our fortunes would rise and fall on our skill at predicting
Before the fact the outcome of every pitched ball

“We were playin’ Beer Can Baseball America’s favorite game
Predictin’ every outcome stakin’ our every claim
America’s favorite pastime and all across this land
Original Beer Can Baseball
A lifetime of fun in a can!

“Now all you need’s
A good pair of eyes – and a marker to make your call
Will the pitcher throw that old batter out or will the batter crush the ball
Either way the prediction’s yours there’s tension on every pitch
‘Cause someone’s always wrong or right
And the outcome’s a son-of-a-GUN!”

With that he stepped back in the shadows I never caught his name
But I never forgot his story or how to play the game
“Remember, son, this game’s not played by the players
It’s played by the fans so wherever you go remember the name
A lifetime of fun in a can!”

Now we’re playin’ Beer Can Baseball America’s favorite game
Predictin’ every outcome stakin’ our every claim
America’s favorite pastime now all across this land
We’re playin’ Beer Can Baseball
A lifetime of fun in a can

Original Beer Can Baseball
America’s favorite brand

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from Storyteller, released January 1, 2021
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Check It Out!
www.beercanbaseball.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iufMjXL8_1U

Written expressly for The Front Porch Country Band.
All story, music & lyrics by RWGathman (BMI).
Recorded at Green Valley Recording Studios.
Produced by William John Christian.

A USAgency Entertainment Production. © 2021 USAgency, Inc. (BMI).
All rights reserved worldwide. Printed in USA.

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The Front Porch Country Band is the American band formed in 2001 and comprised of six seasoned stage and studio musicians brought together from successful solo careers to record and perform as one group. Their music expands the notion of "country music" with influences of rock, pop, folk and Americana, with each member playing a variety of instruments and sharing time on lead vocals. ... more

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