ANGELS OF FENWAY - JAMES TAYLOR
"Before This World"(2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK
INTRO
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86 summers gone by
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Bambino put a hex on the Bean
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We were living on a tear and a sigh
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In the shadow of the Bronx machine
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Man, you could feel it smoulder
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The whole town had an attitude
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Then you'd get a little chip on your shoulder
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Say something that's downright rude
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Oh, damn them Yankees
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Outspending everybody two to one
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Picking up on the cream of the crop
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Stealing everyone's favorite son
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Angels of Fenway
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Hear our prayer
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We have been chastened
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We have been patient
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Grandmama was a Fenway fan
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Even after Grandad died
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I still remember her holding my hand
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Taking me along for the ride
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She was born in 1918
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Last year that the Red Sox won
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Back then when they sold the Babe
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Something that they never should've ever have done
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Hey Nanna can I have another Coke?
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Here comes the hot dog man
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Look at that, his bat just broke
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Gee, that's got to kill his hand
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Riding home on the Green Line
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Watching the town go by
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Nanna made another Red Sox fan
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'Til the day I die
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That was back in '65
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Doesn't seem like a long time ago
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Grandmama keeping hope alive
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Watched them win in double-o-four
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Oh my God, it was beyond belief
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Down three, needing four in a row
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Holding on by the skin of our teeth
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Like a hungry dog on a bone
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Give them peace
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They have been patient
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Red Sox Nation
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The whole world held its breath
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People got down on their knees
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Ready for the sudden death
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Praying to heaven for hell to freeze
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Nanna watched from her hospital bed
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She was there 'til the end of the race
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I couldn't hear the last words she said
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But she was lying there with a smile on her face
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Just a little smile on her face
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It doesn't feel like a long time ago...
