Ballgame on the Radio Lyrics by Conner Smith
STL hat sitting on the dash
Ain’t caught me a game in a minute
But the boys are sitting one game back
And lord knows I could use some winning
Had one of those days turned to one of those weeks
I couldn’t get out of my head
But first pitch on the rubber match
Was timed right with that sunset
I thought of my old man
Thought of that AM
I thought about slowing it down
So I hopped in my Chevrolet
Tuned off the world turned on the game
Let the boys up in that booth do all the talking
Gold hay bells and rich red dirt
Paint a backdrop on the ole red birds
Three up three down when the third turns towards the bottom
Turns out all it takes is some easy on the soul
Is a backroad drive and a ballgame on the radio
Every backroad mile was a memory
Of them games in Busch from the left field seats
There’s a brick outside my granddaddy made
Yeah, you get your team like you get your last name
And a game in June doesn’t mean much for October
But I was back to me by the time that it was over
When I hopped in my Chevrolet
Tuned off the world turned on the game
Let the boys up in that booth do all the talking
Gold hay bells and rich red dirt
Paint a backdrop on the ole red birds
Hit a two run shot for the lead of the bat of Walker
Turns out all it takes is some easy on the soul
Is a backroad drive and a ballgame on the radio
The Skoal can used to be big league chew
Used to ruin my day any time we’d lose
But now I just thank God when I get the time
When I hop in my Chevrolet
Tuned off the world turned on the game
That 1120 KMOX sure knows how to slow down time
Turns out all it takes for some easy on the soul
Is a backroad drive and a ballgame on the radio