Name: The Last Gasp Of An Empire (The Amateur Draft)
Duration: P00H04M08S
Description: This song is about a guy who pays his way at an amateur combine in the hopes of getting a contract to play professional cricket. He is offered a typical short-term contract, but this would mean quitting his steady 9 to 5 job. It’s a crazy dream with little chance of success, but sometimes you gotta take your shot.

Cavedwellers - The Last Gasp Of An Empire (The Amateur Draft)

from SpinTunes 20 Round 1 by Spintunes

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This song is about a guy who pays his way at an amateur combine in the hopes of getting a contract to play professional cricket. He is offered a typical short-term contract, but this would mean quitting his steady 9 to 5 job. It’s a crazy dream with little chance of success, but sometimes you gotta take your shot.

lyrics

Verse 1
Games are made for boys and girls
To pass free time away
Grown-up men and women have
Real life to do all day
But I’m about to sign my name
Upon the dotted line
A three month contract there at hand
After the open combine
I resigned today
To go and play

Chorus
The last gasp of an empire
A limitless frontier
Raised finger of an umpire
Sends off my career
To swing the ball through soupy air
Or spin it towards the bails
It‘s more than just game to me now
And I can’t afford to fail

Verse 2
My colleagues think I’m crazy
And frankly they’re not far
If I could be a journeyman
Don’t need to be a star
The pitch is irresistible
They know my weakness well
Always wondering what would be
If I decline the sale
I resigned today
To go and play

Chorus

Bridge
Ashes ashes all fall down
Around this scheming dreaming clown
The stands near empty, I don’t care
New ball turns in the floodlights’ glare

Chorus
The last gasp of an empire
A limitless frontier
Raised finger of an umpire
Sends off my career
To swing the ball through soupy air
Or spin it towards the bails
It‘s more than just game to me now
And I can’t afford to fail

credits

from SpinTunes 20 Round 1, released March 21, 2023

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