The Ballad of Casey At the Bat - Joe Rathburn

She paints her fingers with a close precision He starts to notice empty bottles of gin And takes a moment to assess the sin, she's paid for A lonely speaker in a conversation Her words are swimming through his ears again There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for Say what you mean, tell me I'm right And let the sun rain down on me Give me a sign, I wanna believe Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, Mona Lisa You're guaranteed to run this town Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, Mona Lisa I'd pay to see you frown He senses something, call it desperation Another dollar, another day And if she had the proper words to say, she would tell him But she'd have nothing left to sell him Say what you mean, tell me I'm right And let the sun rain down on me Give me a sign, I wanna believe Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, Mona Lisa You're guaranteed to run this town Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, Mona Lisa I'd pay to see you frown Mona Lisa, wear me out I'm pleased to please ya Mona Lisa, wear me out Say what you mean, tell me I'm right And let the sun rain down on me Give me a sign, I wanna believe Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, Mona Lisa You're guaranteed to run this town Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, Mona Lisa I'd pay to see you frown Say what you mean, tell me I'm right And let the sun rain down on me Give me a sign, I wanna believe There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for

Give me some more wine my friend 'cause I can't be sober today Cos I need some wine to drown my sorrow this world is all in vain Come and sit by my side listen to the tale I have We can be merry, we can be crazy, not face reality Days have long passed me by faces seem haunting to me People I loved, people I lost now seem to let me be Where is my home that I seek it used to be there in your heart Now it's gone, no longer a bloom and I am left without There is no pity here only jokes remain Oh sweet numbness won't you come and keep me safe and warm And I know I lost it all Still you place your faith in me After all I have is gone Still you stand in victory So go home my brave little man go find your feet once again Will you be strong, will you be kind, do you deserve it all And I know I lost it all Still you place your faith in me After all I have is gone Still you stand in victory

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We invariably left the prairies, in my heart Since well it never moved an inch Does the love grow, home with the wild rose? Now, somethings moving out here We invariably left the prairies And my heart, since they never moved an inch And then you found me, alone on a Friday Now, somethings moving out here Swap Garneau for Dundas My parents for your dad The Rockies for the Great Lakes And my heart pounds as you say Swap Garneau for Dundas My parents for your dad The Rockies for the Great Lakes And my heart pounds as you say And all these things will pass It's the good ones that will last And right here what we've had Is a good thing, and it will last And all these things will pass It's the good ones that will last And right here what we've had Is a good thing, it will last