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I saw Willie Mays

At a Scottsdale Home Depot

Looking at Garage Door Springs

At the far end of the 14th row

His wife stood there beside him

She was quiet and they both were proud

I gave them room but was close enough

That I heard him when he said out loud

This was my country

This was my song

Somewhere in the middle there

Though it started badly and it’s ending wrong

This was my country

This frightful and this angry land

But it’s my right if the worst of it might still

Somehow make me a better man

The sun is unforgiving and

There’s nobody would choose this town

But we’ve squandered so much of our good will

That there’s nowhere else will have us now

We push in line at the picture show

For cool air and a chance to see

A vision of ourselves portrayed as

Younger and braver and humble and free

This was our country

This was our song

Somewhere in the middle there

Though it started badly and it’s ending wrong

This was our country

This frightful and this angry land

But it’s my right if the worst of it might still

Somehow make me a better man

I’ve started something I can’t finish

And I barely leave the house it’s true

I keep a wrap on my sores and joints

But I’ve guess I’ve had my blessings too

I’ve got my mother’s pretty feet

And a factory keeps my house in shade

My children they’ve both been paroled

And we get by on the peace we’ve made

I feel safe so far from heaven

From towers and their ocean views

From here I see the future coming across

What soon will be beaches too

But that was him

I’m almost sure

The greatest centerfielder of all time

Stooped by the burden of endless dreams

His and yours and mine

He hooked each spring beneath his feet

He leaned over then he stood upright

Testing each against his weight

For one that had some play and some fight

He’s just like us I want to tell him

And our needs are small enough

Something to slow a heavy door

Something to help us raise one up

This was my country

This was my song

Somewhere in the middle there

Though it started badly and it’s ending wrong

This was God’s country

This frightful and this angry land

But if it’s his will

The worst of it might still

Somehow make me a better man

If it’s his will

The worst of it might still

Somehow make me a better man

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