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Opening Day (single)

by Brent Stewart

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This song was one of a few outtakes from "Home to Roam." Dan and I tracked it, but it was set aside as we cut down tracks to finish for the final record. I've always been fond of it though, and we've played it out quite a few times in the spring. In honor of this season's opening day, we dusted it off and finished the song for release.

As a lifelong baseball fan, there's nothing that signals spring more than hearing the crack of the bat on opening day. It's like fresh cut grass. Sit back, grab some peanuts and Cracker Jacks and enjoy the afternoon.

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Opening Day

It’s opening day, it’s time to play
Mothers and children gonna have to find a way
To make do while dad’s at the gate
Waiting in line to see the game

It’s the only time you pay $10 a beer
And never wonder once why you came here
You sit in the stands by somebody quite weird
But for one day everyone is each other’s peer

And everything’s alright with the world
Everything’s alright with the world
Everything’s alright with the world

Say hey hey

Optimism has yet to slide the slippery slope
Into mid-season when everybody knows
The manager’s gone and the team has choked
On opening day there’s every reason for hope

And everything’s alright with the world
Everything’s alright with the world
Everything’s alright with the world

Say hey hey

It’s opening day, it’s time to play
Mothers and children gonna have to find a way
To make do while dad’s at the gate
Waiting in line to see the game

credits

released March 27, 2019
Brent Stewart: acoustic guitar and vocals
Dan Tejada: acoustic guitars
Tobias Merriman: fiddle
Mike Lescelius: vocals

Recorded by Brent Stewart at the Hobbit House Studio on the Move and by Mike Lescelius at Misunderstudio

Engineered and Mixed by Mike Lescelius

Music and lyrics by Brent Stewart
(c) 2019 Brent Stewart

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