Curtain Drawn
High again, brilliant days you win, sparkling nights until dawn
Friends abound, pass the guitar ‘round and play on
Down again, watching the big wheels spin, time and tide hurry on
Friends go down in the cold hard ground and they’re gone
Curtain drawn
Chorus
You say you don’t know, but when you’re scared you’re praying
Hedging every bet you lay
And you’re just printing dough, like life’s some game you’re playing
I guess every dog will have its day
I guess every dog will have its day
Harmless sin, forgiving judge within, conscience cool with the con
White lies sound, nagging truth worn down till there’s no right
And no wrong
Chorus
Fight Finished
Hey, we finished the fight!
Another comeback on a magical autumn night
The boys danced again;
Tony Two-Bags and then
Howie Kendrick, my friend
And the Nats . . . finally win!
Man, the season was lost
Mid-May and the manager almost tossed
But everybody kept cool
Took the pundits to school
Made ‘em all feel like fools
And baby shark . . . finally rules
Now folks, here’s the thing
We’re DC, don’t you see?
Songbirds got to sing
And donkeys and elephants just got to disagree
But then this miracle team
Made them all cross that aisle
Like in some hazy dream
Reaching out for a hug and a great big smile!
No team for so long
No baseball in the capital, oh, it’s just so wrong
The Expos finally came
Cast offs, halt and lame
But they were hungry and game
And man, they lit . . . a mighty bright flame
Some awful seasons flew by
Heartbreaks galore, ah, they’d make a grown man cry
This year started bad
As any season we’ve had
But the boys still seemed glad
And then they started . . . this crazy baby shark fad!
And then they just couldn’t lose!
Bullpen still shaky but everyone else just cruised
Dugout dancing arrived
Extended hugging now thrived
No bad feelings survived
And battered hopes . . . were fully revived!
And then we won the whole fight!
So many comebacks on so many autumn nights
The odds were all stacked
But our boys never cracked
And now we’re totally jacked
‘Cause the Nats . . . are the champs for a fact!