The Day Basketball Was Saved chords by The Jackson 5
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Verse 1
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Rosey, how are you?
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Jackie, hey man, that's really out of sight
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Well, thanks, Rosey
wow, you sure are big
Well, you know
Being big get me into a lot
of doors
Man, you're big enough
to be an athlete so
You ever play any sports?
Just a little figure skating
Why don't you come up to
the house and
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Play some basketball
with us some time
Oh, I'll see if I can round
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Up a few figure skaters
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You better bring your best
man 'cause me and
My brothers are gonna put you away
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Beat us? You little guys? Right
In your wildest dream
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You ain't never seen a team like
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I gotlike I gotlike I got
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Verse 2
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Peanuts! Popcorn!
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Peanuts! Popcorn!
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The sporting world's
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had many teams
The fans have called first rate
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They had the Yankees in the '40s
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All agreed were really great
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Packers and Celtics piled up
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Records hard to beat
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But good as they all seem to be
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They tasted of defeat
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No team has ever won 'em all
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And always stayed on top
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Except that group of superstars no
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Team could ever stop
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A bunch of splendid athletes who
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All stood strong and tall
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They called themselves the Dream Team
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And their game was bas ketball
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The center,
a massive collection of bones
Was known by the nickname of Sky
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scraper Jones
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The forwards were both
Brilliant ball handlers, too
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Named Kangaroo Carson and Dead-
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Eye McGoo
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The guards were two giants who
Played with great cool
Called Bulldozer Benson and
Hookshot O'Toole
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Together they moved like
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a well- oiled machine
And ran up such scores it was
almost obscene
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The team is unbeatable, everyone said
And if no one can beat them
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Then basketball's
dead
Basketball's dead, yes,
basketball's dead
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No team will beat them
So no team can meet
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But wait, folks!
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(Huh, it's not?)
From out of Indiana like bees from a hive
Came a little known team called
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the Jackson 5
They came with a mission impossbily tough
To whip the Dream Team
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'til they holler "Enough"
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We'll razzle your frazzle
We'll muzzle you guys
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We'll dazzle each one of you
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Right down to size
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We'll shiver your timbers 'til
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All of you fall the Jacksons
will beat you
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And save basketball
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Verse 3
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A laugh roars up on
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the Dream Team's side
And they laughed so hard
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That they nearly cried
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Go home, little boys, get off the court
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It's a big man's game,
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you're much too short
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Too short, my foot, that's just your way
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Of saying you're afraid to play
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Afraid to play? Hear that squirt?
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Go home before you all get hurt
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We'd like to get just one thing straight
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We heard you guys was really great
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But so far all we've heard is talk
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Are you gonna play or are
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you gonna walk?"
Verse 4
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With that the Dream Team got real mad
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And they blew what little cool they had
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This time you guys,
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you've gone too far
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We'll show you all how good we are
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We'll play you now but
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we're so sore
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We may not even let you score
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Oh yeah? Oh yeah? We've heard it all
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Let's cut the talk and et's play ball
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So the teams lined up and
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the ball was tossed
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And the game got underway
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And the Dream Team knew from
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The very first tap
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That the Jacksons knew how to play
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They dribbled, they passed, they faked
They shot
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They hustled, they drove right on through
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And every time that the
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Dream Team scored
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Well, the Jackson 5 scored,
Interlude 1
too
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When the
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buzzer went off at
The end of the half
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The Dream Team wanted to hide
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They couldn't believe it was happening
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But the score was really tied
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We've gotta stop those guys
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We've gotta stop 'em quick
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We've gotta realize
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They're looking mighty slick
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We've gotta start our drive
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Or think of some good trick
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To stop the Jackson 5
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They're making us look sick!
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(Sick! Sick! Sick! Sick) hey,
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I've got a way
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Let's fill them up with
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peanuts and popcorn
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And then see how they play
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Hey, Mr Vendor, listen to me
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Those Jacksons could
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use some energy
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So pass out your tray and let them grab
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We're such good sports we'll
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pick up the tab
Verse 6
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We've got a great attack
We've got them on the run
If we can hold them back
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Then we'll be number one
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We have the final lap
The jump will be reveresed
Just play the second half
Verse 7
The way we played the first yeah!
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Jackie, come and check the score
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I'll be right back
Guys don't leave the floor
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Peanuts! Popcorn! Have a ball!
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Free of charge, kids take it all
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Free of charge? Is that for real?
Free of charge! That's
some good deal!
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Maybe we shouldn't! Maybe we should!
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It may be bad! And it may be good!
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What if Jackie finds out?
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Who's going to tell?
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Then, I guess we might as well!
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So the
Verse 8
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Jacksons ate 'til all
The food was gone
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While the cheerleaders cheered the
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Two teams on
Verse 9
Re- bop, re- bop, hootie- rootie zackie
Come on, Dream Team,
let's stop Jackie
Michael, Marlon, Tito, and Jermaine
We've got the brawn,
we've got the brains
Dream Team! Dream Team!
Verse 10
Fly high, fly high, fly high
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One, two, three, ABC, Do- Re- Mi,
man alive!
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Ho ho ho! Ho ho ho! Go go go! Jackson 5!
Verse 11
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The whistle blew for the second half
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The excitement filled the place
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You could tell both teams
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were all charged up
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As they stood there face to face
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They dribbled, they passed, they faked
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They shot they moved with
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dazzling speed
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But the two teams seemed so
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evenly matched
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Neither one could hold the lead
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With 15 seconds left in the game
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The Dream team led by one
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They knew if they could freeze the ball
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The Jacksons would be done
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Just then the four young Jackson boys
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Began to moan and groan
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They dropped to the ground
with bellyaches
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Leaving Jackie standing alone
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Too much popcorn! Too many peanuts!
We had too much junk!"
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We're sorry, Jackie, we let you down!
It looks like the Jacksons
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are sunk!
Verse 12
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The ref called time to remove
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the boys
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"The game's over!" he said
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"You're through!"
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But Jackie said, "Ref, I'll play myself
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If that's what I have to do"
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So the ref gave Jackie the
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ball and said:
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"There's time for one
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more play"
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And Jackie said, "Well, that's all I need
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I know I'll find a way"
Verse 13
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Jackie took the ball and started out
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Way at the end of the court
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But he still had to get past
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five of the best
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Who ever played the sport
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As the clock kept ticking the seconds away
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No mistake could he afford
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But he went all the way
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With a brilliant dis play
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And as the buzzer went off,
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he scored!
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Verse 14
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All the fans in the stands went wild
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When Jackie won the game
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And the Dream Team said he played so well
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He belonged in the Hall of Fame
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Verse 15
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So the Jackson 5 ended up on top
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And we thank them one and all
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For not only did they beat the best
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They also saved the game
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of basketball
Outro 1
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The Day Basketball Was Saved
The Jackson 5
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