3rd Base, Dodger Stadium

By Ry Cooder

On Chávez Ravine

Released on June 7, 2005

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[Verse 1]

Mister, you're a baseball man

As anyone can plainly see

The greatest game in this great land

Take a little tip from me

I work here nights, parking cars

Underneath the moon and stars

The same ones that we all knew back in 1952

And if you want to know where a local boy like me is coming from

3rd base, Dodger Stadium


[Verse 2]

2nd base, right over there

I see grandma in her rocking chair

Watching linens flapping in the breeze

And all the fellows choosing up their teams

Hand over hand on that Louisville

Crowning the top, king of the hill

Mound to home, sixty feet

Baseball been very good to me

And if you want to know where a local boy like me is coming from

3rd base, Dodger Stadium

3rd base, Dodger Stadium


[Bridge]

Back around the 76 ball

Johnny Greeneyes had his shoeshine stall

In the middle of the 1st base line

Got my first kiss, Florencia was kind

Now if the dozer hadn't taken my yard

You'd see the tree with our initials carved

So many moments in my memory

Well it sure was fun 'cause the game was free

It was free


[Verse 3]

Hey mister, you seem anxious to go

You'll find that seat in the 7th row

Behind home plate where we used to meet

When we were young we had dreams

Just a place you don't know

Up a road you can't go

Just a thought, laid to rest

In my mind, just a time

If you care to know where I'm gonna go

When I hit my last homerun

3rd base, Dodger Stadium

3rd base, Dodger Stadium

3rd base, Dodger Stadium


[Outro]

Hey mister, you are a baseball man

Yes, I'm a baseball man myself

Yes, I'm a baseball man too

Baseball been very good to me

Yes, baseball been very good to me