The Baseball Card Song

[00:04.72] Like a lot of kids when I was young
[00:06.52] I was buying baseball cards and bubblegum
[00:09.08] A die-hard fan of big league ball
[00:11.18] I'd read the stats and collect them all
[00:13.50] I didn't put mine between my bicycle spokes
[00:15.50] Or leave them at home unattended with my folks
[00:17.96] I vowed to save them till I got old
[00:20.53] Never tossed, never sold
[00:24.66] Flipping, trading, collecting, saving
[00:29.02] Waiting, hoping, dreaming, praying
[00:33.45] Tod Flier, Donruss, Bowman
[00:35.66] Big league on display
[00:37.88] I'm so glad my mom and dad didn't throw mine away
[00:44.47] Soon I discovered cars and girls
[00:46.46] Punk rock and booze, the whole wide world
[00:48.67] I was short on space, but remember what I said?
[00:51.16] Cards stayed locked up under my bed
[00:53.32] Late at night on Sunset Strip
[00:55.31] I'd do my best to be cool and hip
[00:57.45] I'd go home and let down my guard
[01:00.14] Put my guitar away and take out all my cards
[01:04.38] Flipping, trading, collecting, saving
[01:08.85] Waiting, hoping, dreaming, praying
[01:13.19] Keeping them around until a later day
[01:17.72] I'm so glad my mom and dad didn't throw mine away
[01:24.40]
[01:42.08] Fast forward about 15 years later
[01:44.13] I ran into some big stock trader
[01:46.28] He said, "Baseball cards are a great growth item
[01:48.75] Yours are top notch, I'd like to buy them"
[01:51.03] Said I couldn't take money for them
[01:52.87] He said, "What about some shares of a startup I'm in?
[01:55.37] The stock went through the roof against all bets
[01:57.45] And now I own the New York Mets"
[02:02.16] Flipping, trading, collecting, saving
[02:06.56] Waiting, hoping, dreaming, praying
[02:10.96] Tod Flier, Donruss, Bowman
[02:13.17] Big league on display
[02:15.43] I'm so glad my mom and dad didn't throw mine away
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