What About Ole Jimmy
What About Ole Jimmy?
These is strange days
confusin' days
days like I ain't seen in many a year
The sun is shinin'
The stadium's empty
i should be walkin' those stairs
32 years I've been sellin' beers
Old Style in plastic cups
Listen' as the fans cheers
Right about now, 7th innin'
I'd be yellin' "Last Call"
"Ice Cold Old Style"
Two innin's ago
I'd been complainin' about the weight
25 pound albatross around my neck
My knees would be throbbin'
a cut or two on my fingers
them can lips is sharp
I ain't never been a rich man
sellin' beers has been my career
Blackhawks, Bulls, Bears and Cubs
Haven't set foot in Wrigley this year
Games ain't bein' played
Some virus got people in fear
Read the news today
All the players gettin' their money
I'm thinkin' "What about ole Jimmy?"
Findin' myself in the unemployment line
first time in my whole life
beggin' for the government dime
Always made it on my own
Like I said, not a rich man
but i managed to get by
Raised my kids on sports and Old Style
two boys and a girl
all been to college
Have a modest little house
a fine wife
an average man's life
But these is strange days
confusin' days
days like i ain't never seen
Read the news today
Some sayin' the season may be lost
They tryin' to figure out the cost
I'm sittin' here thinkin'
money in my bank account dwindlin'
What about ole Jimmy?