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Basketball Scene

from Basketball Scene by Stephen Longfellow Fiske

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lyrics

Basketball Scene (Fiske)

On Saturday they come out to play
The short ones and the tall
From uptown, downtown, all around
They come to play basketball

In their hoopster suits they gather and shoot
In high-tops and in low
They jive and bull ‘til the court gets full
And the game ‘bout ready to go

Then they’ll choose up sides, five on five
It’s the court the winner’s earn
It’s the loser’s fate to sit down and wait
While the challengers take their turn

chorus
It’s a basketball scene, do you know what I mean?
Could be down the schoolyard up or up in a gym
Where shootin’ hoops is a happenin’ thing
Basketball scene, whoa oh oh oh oh oh, Basketball scene

There ain’t no refs so they call their own
You know the game gets rough
Much time is spent in argument
Like lawyers struttin’ their stuff

When elbows deal and bodies reel
And hot sweat drips and shines
In the intensity anyone can see
There’s more than a game on the line

Repeat chorus


On Saturday they come out to play
By noon the best are there
Then it’s a better treat than a garden seat
As that rock flies through the air

Why there’s green-eyed Frank who’s built like a tank
With more moves than a babblin’ brook
And there’s Nate the great who’s six foot eight
The pros gave him a look

And there’s Wide Clyde whose game’s inside
And owns the boards with ease
And there’s talkin’ Harry whose commentary
Doesn’t always mean to please

repeat chorus

It’s a happenin’ thing
In every city and every town
You can find the courts, you can hear the sounds
Of the ball bouncin’, the players playin’
This is what I’m sayin’,
Come on out, catch a run
Play your game baby have some fun

Fake n’ bake take it to the hole
Finish strong with a finger roll
Shoot from downtown let it fly
Nothin’ but net, baby, in your eye

Catch a bound, make the outlet pass
Run the break, bank it off the glass
Get a rip, turn the tide
Feed it to the man slam dunkin’ inside

Find your rhythm, on your hops
You’re in a zone, you can’t be stopped

Repeat chorus

credits

from Basketball Scene, released November 1, 2013
S.L.Fiske-vocal, guitar, percussion
B. Fasman-keyboards
Oliver Brown-percussion
Jeff Breeh- bass, electric guitar

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Stephen Longfellow Fiske Los Angeles, California

Musician, Poet, Author, Producer, Husband, Father, Basketball Guy.

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