Milwaukee Baseball Bluez

2007 Pullman, Wash.

Milwaukee Baseball Blues


Music by Johnny Cash (Folsom Prison Blues)

1) I hear them Cubbies Comin’

They’re only two games back

But I ain’t seen the playoffs

Since Gorman had the knack

I’m stuck in Miller Park

And time keeps draggin’ on…

Cause baseball here in Brewtown

Always seems to go wrong



2) When I was just a baby

My momma told me son

Had a club in fifty-seven

Always got things done

Had Aaron, Spahn and Matthews

And Burdette won all three…

But it’s goin’ on fifty years now

And that’s what tortures me.



3) We once had Bamby’s Bombers

They hit homers all day long

Had Mollie, Coop, & Gumby

Yount and Fingers did no wrong

But we couldn’t beat them Cardinals

Daryl Porter kicked our ass…

Twenty five years later

That pain just seems to last



4) Now we started out oh-seven

With a team that had no names

But Prince he’s hittin’ homers,

Ben Sheets he’s winnin’ games

Bud Selig doesn’t matter

Attanasio pays the fame…

But if those Cubbies keep a winnin’

We’re sure to tumble to shame.


  5) If those baseball gods would grant me

Just one wish before I die.

I’ll take seven games in winter

That’s October where I lie

I’ll take a crack at Jeter,

Manny, Pudge or Jermaine Dye…

But if history tells me one thing

I’ll hang my head and cry.