I Love This Game

	  		
Verse 

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My name is Eddie Roberts 
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I'm a starting pitcher 
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For the Winston Salem Warthogs 
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In the Carolina league 
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I'm thirty-four years old 
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My playing days are numbered 
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I can't control my curve ball 
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My fastball's lost some speed 

Verse 

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I've been knockin' around in the minors  
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Since I got out of high school 
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I signed my first pro contract on my seventeenth birthday 
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Burlington to Birmingham, to Charlotte I've travelled 
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But the White Sox never called and I stalled in triple A 

 
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But I love this game 
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God I love this game 
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Maybe I should quit 
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That's a hard thing to admit 
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'Cause I love this game 


Verse 
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I won fourteen games one year 
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I lead the league in shut-outs 
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Several of the pro scouts told me I was on my way 
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I hurt my arm in Lynchburg, they said it was a pinched nerve 
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I swear ever since sir, it ain't never been the same 


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But I love this game 
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God I love this game 
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May be time to quit 
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That's hard to admit 
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'Cause I love this game 


Post-Chorus 
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Maybe time to quit 
G                Em 
That's a hard to admit 
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'Cause I love this Game 

Outro 
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My name is Eddie Roberts 
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I'm a startin? pitcher 
  C                    G 
For the Winston Salem Warthogs 
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In the Carolina league