written by Gene Clark
Al Perkins - steel guitar
Jerry McGee - lead guitar
Jeff Baxter - guitar
Doug Dillard - banjo
Sammy Creason - drums
Jim Fielder - bass
Emmylou Harris - harmony
Byron Berline - fiddle
E B E
Well I saw it clear today that we were all more than only refugees
B
And the heads of state called out all of their reserves
E
So they could postpone World War III
C#m B
I can hear the morning crier yellin "read all about it here's the truth"
F#m A B E
You are either just the newspaper boy or you're either Babe Ruth
E B
Now how could we have been put upon this planet
E
Fools enough to think that we could be
B E
The first to form a civilized envolvement from the charismatic sea
C#m
There's a ten year old in the alley
B
Throws a hard ball off the wall that is the truth
F#m A B E
He knows you're either just the newspaper boy or you're either Babe Ruth
The home run king
SOLO
B
We can all dream up some explicit rationalized dream
E
Of exactly who we are
B
While the rockin rolling home run king
E
Keeps the black madonna sleepin with a star
C#m
Now it doesn't matter how much bread you can spend
B
So you can hold the center booth
F#m A B E
You are either just the newspaper boy or you're either Babe Ruth
Copyright © 1977 Irving Music Inc.(BMI)
From the "Two Sides To Every Story" LP RSO Records 1977