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Charlie Root

from Baseball by Paper Ceilings

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poor old charlie root
remembered for one lone pitch to babe ruth
poor old charlie root
served up a homer in 32

babe pointed to center
or so the tale goes
what really happened
nobody quite knows

babe smashed the curve
over the wall
but was the shot really called?

it haunted poor charlie
all the way to his grave
when no one believes you
well what can you say?

oh deep in my heart
i know what is true
said poor old charlie root

poor old charlie root
remembered for one lone pitch to babe ruth
poor old charlie root
served up a homer in 32

he won two hundred
in his long career
pitched for the cubbies
for sixteen good years

he'd be a hero
in most other stories
but charlie root
was deprived of his glory


give your life to a game
and what do you get?
remembered for something that never happened

give your life to a game
yeah what do you get?
remembered for one single pitch


poor old charlie root
served up a homer in 32

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from Baseball, released August 20, 2015

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