Number 29 - Kriston's Song - Words and Music by Ran Birkins

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NUMBER 29 (Kriston’s Song) ~ Words and Music by Ran Birkins

Tell me have you ever seen greener, thicker grass?
Or more meticulously manicured crushed brick basepaths?
Mower tracks form checkerboards flanked by freshly chalked foul lines;
blue padded fences frame the field beneath a cloudless summer sky.

And on this field you're sure to see truly amazing plays
turned in in nearly every inning of every game;
power pitching, splendid hitting, brilliant defense, blinding speed,
screaming line drives, diving catches, head-first sliding double steals.

Welcome to Heaven Field, home of the baseball Saints;
eternal all-stars, every one a member of God's Hall of Fame.
This'll be your locker over here; in it everything you need you'll find,
cleats and gloves and hats and bats and your uniform, pinstriped, Number 29.

In the stands each fan's a student of the game,
well-schooled in sacrifices and squeeze bunts, hit-and-run plays.
Out on the field no arguments, the umps have never missed a call;
this is the way the game was meant to be played; Heaven's brand of ball!

(repeat chorus)

Hurry, Rook, get ready for the P.A. announcer's line:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention:
Now batting for your Saints, the Rook,
Kriston, Number 29!"

Welcome to Heaven Field, home of the baseball Saints;
eternal all-stars, every one a member of God's Hall of Fame.
We're so happy now to have you here,
though hurting for your loved ones left behind;
if they could only see you now they'd be so proud, Kriston, Number 29!