Now, listen to me! This game of baseball is only one-half skill!
The other half is something else, something bigger!
The other half is something else, something bigger!
You gotta have heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win,
That's when the grin should start
You gotta have hope
Mustn't sit around and mope
Nothin's half as bad as it may appear
Wait'll next year and hope
When your luck is battin' zero
Get your chin up off the floor
Mister, you can be a hero
You can open any door
There's nothin' to it but to do it
You gotta have heart
Miles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart
First, you gotta have heart
A great slugger we haven't got
A great pitcher we haven't got
A great ball club we haven't got
What've we got?
We've got heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win,
That's when the grin should start
We've got hope
We don't sit around and mope
Not a solitary sob do we heave
Mister, 'cause we've got hope
We're so happy that we're hummin'
(Hmm-hmm-hmm!)
That's the hearty thing to do
(Hoo-hoo-hoo!)
'Cause we know our ship will come in
(Hmm-hmm-hmm!)
So, it's ten years overdue
(Hoo-hoo-hoo!)
We've got hear
tMiles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart
So, what the heck's the use of cryin'?
Why should we curse?
We gotta get better
'Cause we can't get worse!
And to add to it,
We've got heart
We've got heart
We've got heart
We're so happy that we're laughin'
(Ha-ha-ha!)
That's the hearty thing to do
(Hoo-hoo-hoo!)
So, we ain't been autographin'
(Ha-ha-ha!)
'Cept to sign an I.O.U.
(Hoo-hoo-hoo!)
We've got heart
Miles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart
Who minds them pop bottles flyin'?
The hisses and boos
The team has been consistent
Yeah, we always lose
But we're laughin' cause
We've got heart
We've got heart
We've got heart
Nothing on Wikipedia for this, either.
But
this was the first song to really snag my interest when I attended my
university's performance of the musical for my theater homework. The
singers did a fantastic job, I absolutely loved the rhyme scheme, and I
just had to look up the film version later on YouTube.
There was even a sing-along at the very end, so the whole audience (including yours truly) was singing, "You gotta have heart, miles and miles and miles of heart!" That was a lot of fun.
While I can't remember much of the performance anymore, for obvious reasons, I sure never forgot this bit.
And now there's only one Musical May entry left. I'm both relieved and disappointed that it's over already.
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