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dock ellis didnt think he would pitch that day

back in 1970

when he and his wife took a trip to the ballpark

a little bit differently

so by the time he hit the bullpen

half the world had melted away

thats about the time coach murtaugh said

hey dock your pitching today

taking the ground the mound turned into

the icing on a birthday cake

the lead off man came up and turned into

a dancing rattle snake

the crowd tracked back and forth

in waves of color under the sun

the ball turned into a silver bullett

his arm into a gun

i took a look all around the world one time

finally discovered

you cant judge a book

three up three down for three straight innings

in a zero zero tie

as all those batters names came ringing

from some voice out of the sky

hallucinating halloween scenes

each new swing of the bat

his sinker looked like it was falling off a table

but nobody was hallucinating that

i took a look all around the world one time

finally discovered

you cant judge a book

by the top of the fifth he was up one to nothing

and giving the padres fits

by the top of the seventh he was up two to nothing

and they still had'nt got any hits

with one out left to go in the game

the batter looked like a little child

the birthday caking was shaking

and those waves of color were going wild

when he finally mowed the last man down

he was high as he had ever been

laughing to the sound of the world going around

completely unaware of the win

and while the papers would say he was scattered that day

he was pretty as a pitcher could be

the day dock ellis of the pittsburg pirates

threw a no hitter on lsd

i took a look all around the world one time

finally discovered

you cant judge a book