Lyrics

Sun up on the stadium it spills into my room
And I can't wait to call up and forgive you

Fresh pinstripe promises day 1 of 162
And if we win then we're in first tonight

The Deegan's jammed to 109
But they got Rizzuto on the pregame show
Pass me those binoculars
I think I see Dimaggio

Opening Day -- and the world is fresh and young again somehow
Opening Day -- I'm alive and I'm not hurting now
Opening Day

My uncle caught a foul ball twenty years ago today
He brushed it off and handed me the prize

I'll never forget the day Bucky took Torres downtown
And Fenway Park became our playground

Or Reggie's third home run in that one World Series game
Pa spilled his scotch
I'll never touch that carpet stain

I confess I nearly lost my faith in 1988
The year Pa died they traded Randolph
Winfield wouldn't negotiate

But now I'm back to taste the thrill
And I know I'm not too late to be saved

Opening Day -- And the world is fresh and young again somehow
Opening Day -- I'm alive and I'm not hurting now
Opening Day

Arbitration rain delays high ERAs and George Steinbrenner
I'd be a fool to say these things won't surface till September

But it hasn't happened yet
And anyway
At least they're not the Mets

Opening Day -- And the world is fresh and young again somehow
Opening Day -- I'm alive and I'm not hurting now
Opening Day

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