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America's Game

from Tension & Release by Matthew Joseph Payne

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During 2014's Weekly Beats, I was using Piggytracker on a pair of PSPs heavily, but this is by far the most serious song that came out of that whole escapade.

For a long time this song was called Bassbawl. TMK performed it once and it was meh. I seriously considered not including it in this record at all, but I had forgotten that the original recording really had some life to it, so here it is.

Anyway, Rowan asked me to write a song about Baseball and this was the song. Most of the events I detail are some of his favorite parts of the game (broken bats, sliding, hats falling off).

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Runnin' 'round the bases and I'm goin' real fast,
I gotta make it to home plate, hope this inning will last
until then.
Runnin' 'round the bases and I'm goin' real fast,
I gotta make it to home plate, hope this inning will last
until then.

Slidin' into home plate and I'm goin' real fast,
I beat the catcher to the tag it's a thing of the past,
we might win
Slidin' into home plate and I'm goin' real fast,
I think I cracked my bat when I was swingin' here last,
I'm gonna lose my hat, my pants are covered in grass
so what then?

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from Tension & Release, released May 12, 2017

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Matthew Joseph Payne Oakland, California

Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer with a flair for the dramatic. Bluegrass, chiptunes, ondes martenot and more swirl through unexpected soundscapes with hidden meanings. Also memes.

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