[00:22.270] I used to sit with my dad in the garage [00:25.340] That sawdust that pine sol and the moss [00:27.840] Around every spring when the winter thaw [00:30.350] We'd huddle around the radio twist the broken knob [00:33.070] 710 AM no KJR Dave Niehaus voice would echo throughout the yard [00:38.490] Couldn't have been older than 10 [00:40.000] But to me and my friends [00:41.260] The voice on the other end might as well have been God's [00:44.070] 1995 the division series [00:46.740] Edgars up to bat [00:47.890] Bottom of the 11th inning got the whole town listening [00:50.560] Swung on and belted the words that started Joey Cora rounds third [00:54.910] Here comes Griffey the throw to the plate's not in time [00:57.920] My oh my the Mariners win it [01:00.040] Yes fire works they lit up ceiling in the king dome [01:03.560] We had just made history [01:05.660] And swung Lined down the left field line for a base hit [01:08.500] Here comes Joey Here comes Junior to third base [01:11.880] They're gonna wave him in the throw to the plate will be [01:15.460] Late The Mariners are going to play for the American League Championship [01:21.260] I don't believe it It just continues MY OH MY [01:27.240] Laces woven barley holding that stitch [01:29.720] The creases are time amongst the grime and the grit [01:32.540] Where the leather he used to pound his fists [01:34.450] To some it's just a mitt but see that glove was him [01:37.170] Yep tell me stories on the field with that sun stained brim [01:40.630] Blood under my chin he taught me how to spit [01:43.050] Sunflower seeds back when me and my crew sun burnt arms [01:46.730] Big league chew yeah we were like the sand lot after dinner [01:50.110] After practice we listen to the M's in the kitchen [01:52.920] And if mom wasn't trippin' come on dad please I swear just one more inning [01:56.740] Voice went pump pump through the system break out the Rye bread it's grand salami time [02:02.130] My oh My another victory yes my city my city [02:05.850] Childhood my life watching Griffey right under those lights [02:53.880] Under that light rain gleaming in that night came can't stop now [02:58.050] Keep moving no break pads came here to prove a point live my life on the field [03:02.720] Make history in between the base path [03:05.130] And compete against the fear that is in me that's my only barrier and I swear I'm going to break that [03:10.780] From the mud the cleats that we drug threw the feet this is that moment and you cannot take it back [03:15.810] I don't really collect cards anymore, just a box and some old card board [03:21.040] Memories embedded in the dust, in the fighters that age just like us living some where off in the drawer [03:27.270] This is what you make of it yeah we play to win [03:29.180] Live it like we're under the lights of the stadium fight until the day that God decided to wave us in [03:35.490] Right until he waves us in [03:37.860] It's my city my city childhood my life that's right right under those lights [03:42.380] My city my city childhood that's right Niehaus [03:46.600] My oh My come on, my city my city childhood my life that's right under those lights [03:53.550] It's my city my city childhood my life Niehaus My oh My Rest in peace