If you were a pro baseball player, what would your walk up song be?
Hello! What an excellent question this is.
Since 95% of what I knew about walk-up songs before today came from achoo_gesundheit’s delightful fic, I had to research a little. So I’m going by the advice outlined here at the Purple Row.
I think “Cry Like a Baby” by Kasey Chambers.
Firstly, I like that it mentions crying when even I know there’s no crying in baseball.
Secondly, I like the distinctive opening, which that article says is important.
Thirdly, I don’t think most people know it, so it won’t seem overused.
Fourthly, these lyrics! I was going to just excerpt some, but I kept ending up quoting every other line, so here they all are:
Well I never lived through the great depression
Sometimes I feel as though I did
I don't have answers for every single question
But that's OK 'cause I'm just a kid
Well I've seen pictures of my mother
When she looked exactly like me
And I've seen all my friends running for cover
Running from something they can't see
And it's not easy to get a handle on my life
But I have tried it time and time again
But I still cry just like a baby
And I answer back to feel a little free
And I still fly even though I'm gonna fall
But I'm too far gone to let it get to me
I'm not much like my generation
Their music only hurts my ears
And I don't hide my pain to save my reputation
It's too hard to keep up with these years
And it's not easy to make a habit disappear
But I have tried it time and time again
I am not a kid, but you know, most of the rest of it sounds like me.