Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Born down in Houston, not in Tennessee
August twenty-eight of 1983
A Texas boy, he played Little League
Swung him a bat since he was only three
Davy, Davy Goode, the Bulldozers’ Albatross.

Drafted by the PEBA in 2007
Ecstatic to join the baseball brethren
Won distinction as Player of the Week
Chose free agency his fortune to seek
Davy, Davy Goode, blind to his fate to come.

What the ‘Dozers offered him was quite unreal
Signed Davy Goode to a six-year deal
Per homer, it averaged $1.7 mil
Yuma’s new owner couldn’t swallow that pill
Davy, Davy Goode, the 12 million dollar man.

Offered to Bakersfield, but they said no
Straight up swap for a regular Joe
But his .217 average was awfully low
So Yuma’s still singin’ this song of woe
Davy, Davy No-Good, rejected by all of PEBA.

Offered to Florida, they’d had him befo’,
Offered to the Calzones of Laredo
Offered to Reno and to Tempe, too
But no one needs a mediocre dude
Davy, Davy No-Good, pris’ner of the Yuma blues.

Yuma tried to force him to free agency
No luck ‘ cuz of a technicality
So they renegotiate an undisclosed fee
For a new kinda “contract” on David Goode
Davy, Davy Goode, target of our own Hitmen.

Now he’s playin’ for the Valhalla team
Swingin’ for the fences of immortality
In a lineup with the Babe, Roy Hobbs and Satchel P.
He’s sluggin’ them homers like a man who’s finally free
Davy, Davy Goode, the 12-million dollar man!