Genre: Folk (contemporary)
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A fine songwriter friend from the other site, mfwmiles, wrote this song. When I first heard his original demo of the tune it struck me as such a unique but poignant piece of songwriting. The way he captured the heroic breaking of the color barrier in baseball by Jackie Robinson in my opinion is as fine a lyrical writing as some of the folk greats like Pete Seeger, Steve Goodman, John Pine.So considering we have baseball nirvana here in Chicago right now with both sides of town hanging on to 1st place with fairytale dreams of an "L" train World Series, I finally finished my interpretation of the song that I had promised Miles I wanted to do. Music and Lyrics: mfwmiles John LaMantia: Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, vocals, piano, percussion, drum programming, production and mix. Lyrics:
My name is Jackie Robinson, and baseball I did playSome folks will remember me while others turned away I suffered fools who told me lies, But I will not apologize I was never one to compromised The way I play the game I was brave They call me Jackie Robinson, I was a Brooklyn bum But that’s not all they called me when then base-paths I did run The hatred and intolerance, The injustice and the violence Answer them with silence and went about the game And tried to be brave Sometimes when the world got ugly out at second base When I lost the nerve to keep on running, running in that race It helped to have a friend at short stop, playing right beside me He always would remind me of the fire that burned inside me and with his help I found the courage And strength to carry on The name is Jackie Robinson, I’m in the hall of fame And if you go to Cooperstown, there’s a plaque that bares my name Life is sweet but often hard But that’s not on a baseball card Just remember who you are It’s how you played the game |
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You must be registered and logged-in to comment. They Call Me Jackie Robinson &mdash 09/06/08 - 05:22:38 PM
nice &mdash 09/06/08 - 09:08:08 PM
Coolness &mdash 09/07/08 - 06:25:00 AM
I love this &mdash 09/07/08 - 06:57:25 AM
Wow &mdash 09/12/08 - 08:21:29 PM
I love this song . ALL of it . &mdash 09/15/08 - 05:13:09 PM
Excellent &mdash 09/30/08 - 03:07:12 PM
He played... &mdash 11/11/08 - 10:13:39 PM
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impressed by the setting you ve done here ...
your vocal so stronge here ..authnetic and I
realy enjoyed it ...Kuods ...and thnx alot
for sharin this gem !!!!!
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