Willie Mays Is Up at Bat - Chuck Prophet

I hear the church bells ring

Willie Mays is up at bat

I hear the crowd go wild

All he did was touch his hat

Meanwhile, Carol Doda stood up and said

I won’t be ignored

She showed them everything she had

Then she showed them all a little more

Jim Jones in his temple

On Geary street right next to young Bill Graham

Jim he walked right up to Bill

Clicked his heels, said You know who I am

Meanwhile Bugs and Daffy Duck were

Hitching up the coast to Pismo Beach

While over in the Tonkin Gulf

The Navy took a hit or so it seemed

It’s three on, two out, under the lights

Nobody knows who’ll make it home tonight

Laffing Sal said Please don’t go

Don’t leave me here alone to make a stand

She looked so faded in the twilight down there

Where the breakers meet the sand

Someone said to Laffing Sal

Hey Laffing Sal, just what you laughing at?

She said I’m only laughing at myself

Keep it down Willie’s up at bat

It’s three on, two out, under the lights

Nobody knows who’ll make it home tonight

Well that was all so long ago

There’s always something else to be against

And the only thing we know for sure

Is Willie always did swing for the fence

It’s three on, two out, under the lights

Nobody knows who’ll make it home tonight

Yes, it’s three on, two out, under the lights

Nobody knows who’ll make it home tonight

Nobody knows who’ll make it home tonight