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When I was five I was king of the yard, and my grandfather said
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I had one hell of an arm.
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I remember learning his split-finger fastball,
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and all the tales he would stretch with that famous Turner charm.
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And by the fire pit in my old backyard,
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I used to sit transfixed by his stories.
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About the time him and Mickey Mantle drank all night long,
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spinning yarns of all their former glories.
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And I remember Christmas eve when I was ten and Ma told Grandpa
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he was wasting my time.
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She sent him packing in the pouring rain;
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things were never quite the same after that night.
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But in the package he left under the tree was a new silver wristwatch
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addressed to his favorite grandson, Henry.
