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Swinging for the Fences

from Spend Your Youth by John Shakespear

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I was a kid then, man that was back when
I had a picture of me and my girlfriend
We were headed west,
she was in a sundress.

I was a firebrand looking for a good war
I was a whole damn town that don't know what to live for
I was a baseball star
It didn't get me far

So the money that I had, well I spent it
And that house up on the hill, well I rent it
'cause I'm swinging, yes I'm swinging for the fences
once again, once again.

I like to feel the clean crack of a ball against a wood bat
watch it soar through the air what a sight to look at
And out into the stands,
the fans'll understand

That the money that I had, well I spent it
And that house up on the hill, well I rent it
'cause I'm swinging, yes I'm swinging for the fences
once again, once again.

credits

from Spend Your Youth, released May 10, 2019
John Shakespear - Vocals, Guitar, String Arrangement
Sam Wilson - Guitar, Vocals
Alex LaRue - Bass
Gregory Hum - Drums
John Helyar - Violin, String Arrangement
Nathaniel Taylor - Cello
Gabriel Rothman - Trombone
Devon Dawson - Producer, Engineer, Mastering, String Arrangement, Horn Arrangement, Organ, Synthesizer, Percussion
Greg Giorgio - Mixing

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John Shakespear writes albums that tell a story from start to finish. The next one, 'Hail Bohemia,' comes out on May 17.

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