Monday, July 2, 2012

Joe Pickering's Latest—'Seventh Inning Stretch'

 by Joe Pickering, Jr.

Wedding proposals on electronic scoreboards are nothing new. They have been around for many years.  But, how about a big Romantic Moment just seconds prior to the Seventh Inning Stretch?  Now, that's different. Well, long before anyone ever heard of an Electronic Scoreboard I made my big Romantic Moment way way back in 1964. I took my girl Theresa to see her very first baseball game. She wanted to go to the famous Fenway Park.  So, we were off to Boston and there we were along with tens of thousands of fans. I don't remember who the Sox played or the score but before the crowd rose for the seventh inning stretch, I made my romantic move that has led to our life long bliss of 47 years of marriage.  This is the song I just wrote about that wonderful moment. Who needs electronic scoreboards?  Read the song lyrics below for what happened.

            THAT SEVENTH INNING STRETCH
 

I TOOK  MY GIRL TO FENWAY IN SIXTY FOUR
SHE HADN'T BEEN TO A BASEBALL  GAME BEFORE
CAN'T REMEMBER  WHO THE SOX PLAYED OR THE  SCORE

BUT LOVE'S FIRE WORKS BURST  IN THE SEVENTH AND  MORE

 BEFORE  THE STRETCH I SAID THERESA WATCH  ME
 I'LL MAKE THIS FENWAY  CROWD STAND INSTANTLY
 I RAISED MY ARMS  LIKE MOSES PARTING THE RED SEA 
 OVER THIRTY THOUSAND ROSE MAGICALLY

 CHORUS
IN  THAT SEVENTH INNING  STRETCH OF THAT GAME
I MADE IT INTO  THERESA'S HALL OF  FAME

I BECAME HER BASEBALL GOD THAT  DAY
AT LEAST UNTIL  THE WONDER WORE AWAY

WE MARRIED IN NINETEEN  SIXTY FIVE
THOSE MEMORIES STILL GLOW ALIVE
WAS SHE UNAWARE  OF THE  STRETCH                
 OR WAS SHE HOOKING ME AS HER CATCH?          
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 

WAS SHE UNAWARE  OF THAT  STRETCH
OR WAS SHE HOOKING ME AS HER CATCH?
WHEN I ASK  SHE ONLY SMILES AND GIVES A KISS
THAT  STRETCH HAS LED TO OUR  LIFE LONG BLISS
 

FADE WITH LAST LINE  Repeated ONCE
YAH, THAT STRETCH HAS LED TO OUR LIFE LONG BLISS


Joe Pickering Jr.  Songwriter King of the Road Music:  Music  Publisher
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