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Edwin Charles is my name And the hot corner's where I play Along with Garrett and Pfeil, In the ballpark they call Shea In the summer of '69, Our fortunes began to climb When summer turned into fall, Who knew we were gonna win it all? The night I hit my last home run And the Mets clinched the pennant The night I hit my last home run And all the fans were in it They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la la The fans came onto the field And tore up the grass and dirt Later it was revealed That seven were seriously hurt At thirty-six, I was the oldest Met, And I only have but one regret At the end of the year they just let me go-- It's as if nobody seemed to know... The night I hit my last home run The Mets clinched the pennant The night I hit my last home run And all the fans were in it They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
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