I am The Greatest - Kenny Rogers

Little boy

In a baseball hat

Stands in the field

With his ball and bat

Says "I am the greatest

player of them all"

Put his bat on his shoulder

And he tosses up the ball

And the ball goes up

and the ball comes down

swings his bat all the way around

the worlds so still

he can hear the sound

the baseball falls

to the ground

Now the little boy

doesn't say a word

picks up his ball

he is undeterred

says "I am the greatest

there has ever been"

and he grits his teeth

and he tries it again

and the ball goes up

and the ball comes down

swings his bat all the way around

the worlds so still

he can hear the sound

the baseball falls

to the ground

he makes no excuses

he shows no fear

he just closes his eyes

and listens to the cheers

little boy

he adjusts his hat

picks up his ball

stares at his bat

says "I am the greatest

the game is on the line"

and he gives his all

one last time

and the ball goes up

when the moons so bright

swings his bat with all his might

and the worlds so still

as still can be

and the baseball falls

and that’s strike three

Now its suppertime

and his mama calls

little boy starts home

with his bat and ball

says "I am the greatest

that is a fact,

but even I didn't know

I could pitch like that"

Says "I am the greatest

that is understood,

but even I didn't know

I could pitch that good."