Intro
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[Verse 1]
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We grew up together, in New York City
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Oh, how the time has flown by
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We were inseparable, closer than brothers
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My best friend Sammy and I.
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We’d play by the oak tree, in back of my house
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Tossing a ball to and fro
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Each one of us dreaming, pretending to be
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The great Joe DiMaggio.
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One day we each bought a package of Topp’s
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And opened them under the tree
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Look Sam! I’ve got Joe DiMaggio’s card
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And he was so jealous of me.
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I lovingly hid it, deep inside my drawer
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Where it would be safe as can be
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And I vowed I would keep it forever and ever
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It was so precious to me…
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It was so precious to me.
[Verse 2]
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When we grew older, and left for Yeshiva
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A change could be seen from the start
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Sam loved to study while I loved to daydream
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Slowly we drifted apart.
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I watched him grow, in his learning and faith
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With a mixture of envy and pride
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I realized with sadness, no more could it be
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My best friend Sammy and I.
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Many years passed, as I watched my own children
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Playing outside in the yard
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I remembered the friendship of long, long ago
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And the great Joe DiMaggio’s card.
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Collectors would come, they would knock at my door
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Letters arrived in the mail
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We’ll pay half a million, your card it is one of a kind
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I’d answer them, it’s not for sale …
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I’d answer them it’s not for sale.
[Verse 3]
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I’d read in the papers, from time to time
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Of events in the life of my friend
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He became Rosh Yeshiva, of our old school
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And now was a leader of men.
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But there was a fire that ravaged his school
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I knew it just might break his heart
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So I reached in my drawer and said my goodbyes
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To the great Joe DiMaggio’s card.
[Chorus]
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One day my grandson came home from Yeshiva
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Holding a card that was new
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Look Zaide! Reb Shmuel is one of the Gedolim
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And I’m giving his card to you.
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I lovingly hid it deep inside my drawer
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Where it would be safe as can be
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And I vowed I would keep it forever and ever
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It is so precious to me…
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It is so very precious to me.
[Outro]
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- 1. Chord Gitar Abie Rotenberg - Joe Dimaggios Card Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar C)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Abie Rotenberg - Joe Dimaggios Card Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar C)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan