Waiver-Wire Blues
(for Ricky Stone)

© Copyright 2004 by J-Mag Guthrie

I got dem waiver-wire blues, I ain't an Astro anymore
I got dem waiver-wire blues, I ain't an Astro anymore
I got dem waiver-wire blues, dey done kicked me out da door

Jimy called me in his office, said a deal'd just bin done
That it's a forty-player roster and I'm player forty-one.
I got dem waiver-wire blues, I ain't an Astro anymore
I got dem waiver-wire blues, dey done kicked me out da door

My ERA since I bin back has bin at less than three
So I can't figger out why they be gettin' rid of me
I got dem waiver-wire blues, I ain't an Astro anymore
I got dem waiver-wire blues, dey done kicked me out da door

It looks like I'll be headed down to San Diego
At least the Padres ballclub thinks that I know how to throw
I got dem waiver-wire blues, I ain't an Astro anymore
I got dem waiver-wire blues, dey done kicked me out da door

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