[INTRO – SPOKEN] [BUBBA] Well, Darlene… You know what I hear when the weather starts getting warm? [DARLENE] What? [BUBBA] A baseball hitting a glove… and Pittsburgh getting ready for summer. [HARMONICA – BRIGHT BLUES RIFF] [VERSE 1 – BUBBA] Take me down to PNC, Where the river rolls behind the scene. Put a ticket in my hand, Let me watch my Pirates play. Sunshine on the Allegheny, Ballpark lights coming on, Pittsburgh singing from the stands Till the summer night is gone. [VERSE 2 – DARLENE] There’s a breeze coming off the water, There’s a crack from home plate, Everybody’s leaning forward Waiting for the pitch to break. Kids are chasing foul balls, Families laughing in the sun, And when that ball goes flying, Everybody starts to run. [CHORUS – BOTH] Take me down to PNC, Let me see that river beside me. Black and gold beneath the sky, Pirates playing underneath the lights. Win or lose, We’ll still believe, That’s Pittsburgh baseball to me. Take me down, Take me home, Take me down to PNC. [YODEL – BUBBA] Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-oh… Take me down! [VERSE 3 – BUBBA] I’ve seen summer turn to autumn, I’ve seen players come and go, But there’s something ’bout that ballpark that a Pittsburgh kid will know. The crack of that old baseball bat, The roar when somebody scores, And that river rolling quietly beyond those center-field doors. [HARMONICA – BASEBALL BREAK] [HARMONICA + MANDOLIN] [VERSE 4 – DARLENE] Maybe someday we’ll tell our children how we watched beneath the lights, How the city looked like diamonds on those warm Pittsburgh nights. We won’t remember every inning, We won’t remember every score, But we’ll remember being together and wanting just one more. [CHORUS – BOTH] Take me down to PNC, Let me see that river beside me. Black and gold beneath the sky, Pirates playing underneath the lights. Win or lose, We’ll still believe, That’s Pittsburgh baseball to me. Take me down, Take me home, Take me down to PNC. [BRIDGE – CROWD CALL & RESPONSE] [BUBBA] Who’s ready for baseball? [CROWD] WE ARE! [BUBBA] Who’s got Pittsburgh? [CROWD] WE DO! [BUBBA] Who’s wearing black and gold? [CROWD] WE ARE! [BUBBA] Then let’s play ball! [HARMONICA + BANJO BREAK] [VERSE 5 – BUBBA] There’s a baseball in the summer air, There’s a river rolling everywhere. There’s a little kid dreaming He’s gonna play someday, And an old fan telling stories Of the players from yesterday. That’s how a city passes down The things it loves the most— A ball, a glove, a summer night, And everybody close. [FINAL CHORUS – FULL BAND] Take me down to PNC, Let me see that river beside me. Black and gold beneath the sky, Pirates playing underneath the lights. Hear that crowd, Hear that cheer, Pittsburgh baseball’s finally here. Win or lose, We’ll still believe, That’s Pittsburgh baseball to me. Take me down, Take me home, Take me where the rivers roll. Take me down, Let me be, Take me down to PNC! [YODEL – FULL] Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-oh! Let’s play ball! Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-ay! Pittsburgh! [OUTRO – SPOKEN] [DARLENE] Bubba? [BUBBA] Yeah? [DARLENE] Did you bring the peanuts? [BUBBA] No. [DARLENE] Cracker Jacks? [BUBBA] Nope. [DARLENE] Then what did you bring? [BUBBA] My harmonica. [DARLENE] Of course you did. [HARMONICA – PLAYFUL BASEBALL RIFF] [BUBBA] Take me out to the ballgame… [DARLENE] Wrong song! [BOTH LAUGH] [HARMONICA – FINAL RIFF] [SFX: Baseball crowd cheering] [YODEL] Yodel-ay-ee!
