Heart

Now listen to me, you guys
This game of baseball is only one half skill
The other half is something else
Something bigger

You gotta have heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are saying you'll never win
That's when the grin should start

You gotta have hope
Mustn't sit around and mope
Nothing's half as bad as it may appear
Wait 'til next year and hope

When your luck is batting zero
Get your chin up off the floor
Mister, you can be a hero
You can open any door
There's nothing to it but to do it

You've gotta have heart
Miles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart
First you gotta have heart

A great slugger, we haven't got
A great pitcher we haven't got
A great ball club we haven't got
What do we got?

We've got heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are saying you'll never win
That's when the grin should start
Now you're getting the idea

We've got hope!
We don't sit around and mope
Not a solitary sob do we heave
Mister, 'cause we've got hope
Boys, I'm proud of ya

We're so happy that we're humming (hmm, hmm, hmm)
That's the hearty thing to do (ho, ho, ho)
'Cause we know our ship will come in (hmm, hmm, hmm)
So, it's ten years overdue (ho, ho, ho)

We've got heart
Miles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart

So, what the heck's the use of crying?
Why should we curse?
We've gotta get better, 'cause we can't get worse!
And to add to it, we've got heart
We've got heart
We've got heart

Top of the ninth, one away, nobody on
The senator's now just two outs away from the pennant
Bauer steps in, Hollingsworth gets his sign
Delivers, Bauer swings
And it's a hard hit ball to deep short
Sohovic charges over
Backhands it beautifully, and there's the long throw
And he's out by a step

Here comes Gloria Thorpe
Tell it to heart
Go ahead, Rocky, you start
Yeah, go ahead

We've got heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win
That's when the grin should start

We're so happy that we're laughing (ha, ha, ha)
That's the hearty thing to do (ho, ho, ho)
So we ain't been autographin' (ha, ha, ha)
'Cept to sign an IOU (ho, ho, ho)

We've got heart
Miles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart

Who minds them pop bottles flying
The hisses and the boos?
The team has been consistent
Yeah, we always lose
But we're laughing 'cause
We've got heart!
We've got heart!
We've got heart