The Ballad Of Russell Perry

Lyrics

[Intro] 1, 2, 3, 4 [Verse 1] Well, my name is Russell Perry And I hail from Tennessee There's a million other fool rednecks Roaming the hills like me I come with no credentials Can make no claim to fame And I can throw a fastball By any man who ever stepped up to the plate [Verse 2] I left home when I was sixteen There was not much left to do You could kick around on the farm teams Sleep in those motel rooms You were handing out gospel tracts one night after the game So we compared our notes and dreams And we found they were substantially the same [Verse 3] Well, my fastball would not fail me See, I was earning much respect Setting my eyes on a little Major league prospect You know, there never was a problem three good low inside pitches wouldn't take right out Except this one little problem, honey well, quite frankly It's hard to talk about [Chorus 1] Brenda, oh, Brenda I'm out here all alone Why are we drowning in the darkness? Hey, but we can't tell anyone Oh, and I can't tell anyone [Verse 4] Well, you see, I have this dream a lot I am in a debtors' cell And I reach out to grab the key That will unlock my cell As my expectant fingers Close on the steel so cold Well, it turns into a sword And it carves a name into my very soul [Bridge] I've been feeling it in these bones I'm so shipwrecked and worthless Sometimes the promises of comfort Are barely scratching the surface And all my doctors' faces Are long, drawn and lean Could be something in his past, maybe a little chemical imbalance [Chorus 1] Brenda, oh, Brenda I'm out here all alone Why are we drowning in the darkness? Hey, but we can't tell anyone Oh, and I can't tell anyone, oh, oh [Verse 5] I don't care to be remembered For the things I've said or done I don't care to be remembered For the games I may have saved or won I wanna make our love A big refuge and a fort From a lonely little world A broke-down little world A struck out little world That knows nothing of the sort [Chorus 2] Brenda, oh, Brenda We're out here all alone Hey, why am I drowning in the darkness? Hey, but I can't tell anyone Oh, and I can't tell anyone Yeah, anyone Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Yeah, anyone Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [Mandolin Solo]