Well all about that time,
I got called up from the
minor leagues to the major league baseball club
out there in Rochester.
I was on my way.
Signed a big fat contract,
$67 a season they gave me,
but wouldn't you know it
first time up at bat..
I grounded into a double play.
Alan Bannister just looked at me and said
"You goddamn dumb s***!"....
"You ruined our rally now we're going to lose this game!"
Well I turned to him - spit out some tobacco juice,
then I turned to him then I
turned way and picked my noise for a little while,
and I turned back to him.

And I looked at Allen
"Mister I've got finest coin collection you've ever seen."
That quieted him down alright
me and Alan after that..
we became good friends,
and when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame
he asked me to be there to say a little speech
Well I didn't know what to say
I never wasn't any good at making speeches
so I just stood up there at the podium and
threw up all over the crowd.
Everybody cheered - I guess me being
a former major league baseball player,
and a war hero and of course having no legs
guess they musta figured...
"Well that's about what you can expect from
a guy like this just throw up all over everybody."
So they cheered me. I took a bow and I left out of there
doctor over in the corner of the crowd
smiled at me and said.. "Son, your really going places!"
I had no idea what that God damn fool
was talking about. I wasn't going nowhere
I sat down on the sidewalk and I didn't move for days
but then I heard about a barn raising over
In the next County. Got my ass up off that sidewalk
stole a bicycle and I rode over to that barn raising
and I helped out as much as a man in my condition could,
and was served a fine picnic lunch.
After the barn was finished
Jesus Christ himself came down that day
looked upon the barn and said
"This is Good, You done good!"
He wasn't just talking to me,
he was talking to everybody,
but it still made me feel warm inside.