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| - Lyrics: ALF: The score was six and a half to nothing on the bouillabaseball field that day. The Litwhack Chowders were winning and the sky was a greenish gray. But when they saw me coming all of Melmac yelled, "Hooray!" (CROWD: Boo! Get rid of the rube!) ALF: They knew their luck was changing. It was ALFer's turn to play. Did I crack under pressure? Did I buckle under his knuckler? Not Gordon Shumway I turned to the roaring crowd and I said, Take me, ALF, to the ballgame. Now it's my turn to bat. It's my favorite of all games and I'll knock this scuttminder flat. Lob a couple of fishheads and I'll send them into the clouds. Take me, ALF, to the ballgame. I love the roar of the crowds. The Chowders all were terrified. The thrower was a wreck. He winds it up and lets it fly and it hits me in the neck. Yikes! UMPIRE: Strike one! ALF: Strike? He beaned me with a trout ball! Where'd you win your umpire license, in a lottery? Melmac's honor was at stake. I looked out to the mound. But this one hits me in the leg and it knocks me to the ground. UMPIRE: Strike two! ALF: Strike? UMPIRE: Yes, strike! It struck you didn't it? ALF: I gripped the bat and braced myself for the third and final swing. And just to throw the thrower off I took time out to sing. Lob a couple of fishheads and I'll send them into the clouds. Take me, ALF, to the ballgame. 'cause I love the roar of the crowds. The crowd was going crazy. Screaming out my name. (GIRL IN CROWD: Hey, Shumway! Take a shower!) ALF: The thrower lobbed a wicked curve. It whistled as it came. I met it straight and steady. I connected with a crack. (ANNOUNCER: It's going. It's going. It's out of here.) ALF: It took off like a rocket an it's never coming back. Take me, ALF, to the ballgame. Hear the crack of my bat. It's my favorite of all games I knocked that sucker flat. I'm a bouillabaseball hero 'cause I sent it into the clouds. Ha! Take me, ALF, to the ballgame. 'cause I love the roar of the, just adore all the, love the roar of the crowds. Hey, not bad for a 230 year old rookie, huh? Ha!
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