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The Old Ballgame

by Tony Renzema

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Written about the toxic nostalgia of baseball that keeps the drinkers drinking, the owners rich, and the players good lookin.

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We made it back
Saw the silver lining
Brought an organist along this time

Wouldn’t it be nice!
Wouldn’t it be nice?
To see faces of our youth again?

The lights have taken
full effect
We can see but our noses are bleeding

Kind of a drag
A performance of men!
So Ironically undefined


Kickin up dust
A swing and a miss
We don’t run anymore
Stuck on the bench
Oh
It’s a shame not to win
Instead we wonder
What we could have been
What could have been?


We made it home
Filled the silence with
An irreparable sense

That the old ballgame
Might fail to make
All of It’s people whole in the end

The lights have gone out
But they’re still reflecting
All the evidence of lasting pride

Wouldn’t it be nice
Wouldn’t it be nice
To see the faces of our youth agin?


Kickin up dust
A swing and a miss
We don’t run anymore
Stuck on the bench
Oh
It’s a shame not to win
Instead we wonder
What we could have been
What could have been?

There was a game on the line
you couldn’t wait for your
Time anymore
What could have been?
Oh!
There’s no reason to lie
We believed they would come
If we built it again

credits

released February 12, 2023
Written by Tony Renzema, with composition help from Mason Gray and Justin Hipe
Recorded in Tony's Bedroom
Mixed and mastered by Adriel Limas
Performed by Tony Renzema (guitar, synth, bass, drum pads, vocals)

Thank you for listening and critiquing: Adriel, Jules, Phil, Evan, Maria, and for your support: Rahul, Naomi, Sakshi, Huzaifa, Anna, Alyssa, Ahnika

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Tony Renzema Portland, Oregon

Hi! I'm Tony! (he/him/his) I recorded all this music over the course of the last number of years. it is all inspired by different life events and thoughts and dreams and jams and drugs and love, and playing them feels like a gift. You can find me to book a show or chat or collab at @tony_renzema on insta

header art by Maria Guadalupe @guaasch on insta

singles art by me
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