Tytuł: Nolan Ryan

• Wykonawca: Jerry Jeff Walker
• Wyświetleń: 287

  
   Well, our story starts in Texas, where he's tempered by the heat
  That skinny Alvin boy believes his fastball can't be heat
  So he brings it and he brings it and it passes every test
  They're talkin' he's a wild man might be the fastest in the West
  
  Well, he's drafted by New York, he's gonna pitch up there in Shea
  With those amazing Mets, he'll help them take it all the way
  He gets a World Series ring, he stays modest, he don't boast
  Now it's off to California, where he'll make history on the coast
  
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  Nolan Ryan, he's a hero to us all
  Nolan Ryan, he stands straight, he stands tall
  He don't mess around boys
  He just throws a mean fast ball
  
  Tom Morgan is the angel, gets Nolan in second gear
  Then he pitches four no-hitters in about as many years
  He's working for Gene Autry, they're calling him the Ryan Express
  He throws one ball a hundred, now he's the fastest in the West
  
  But after eight years on the left coast,
  He says he wants to come home
  So he signs on with the Astros,
  He?ll bring magic to the dome
  As he throws his fifth no-hitter,
  They?re talkin' about he might be the best
  
  In Texas people know, he's the fastest in the West
  
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  Now he's a Texas Ranger, but he don't tote no gun
  He'll mow you down with the heater, you smell leather, hear it hum
  He throws a sixth no-hitter, the Oakland A's just met Big Tex
  
  Now they're gonna judge all the rest,
  Boys, against the fastest in the West
  
  Now let's count up some numbers, he's forty-three years of age
  He's got 5200 strike-outs, six no-hitters to date
  There's 57 shut-outs, right up against 300 wins
  And on the very first ballot, the Hall of Fame's gotta take him in
  
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