Long Before My Time

The summer game has let me down, standing lonely on the mound
 A crossroads only I can see, between oblivion and destiny
 My mind and body say I'm done, but something says I must go on
 Conventional wisdom does implore you give it all and then give some more
 Summer slowly turns to fall
 It's so hard to walk away from it all
 Long before my time
 My agent says I need to move, what do I have left to prove?
 I falter when I hold my ground, for a couple of bucks, you can keep me around
 You're only young just once, I know, but history will always show
 You pad your best days with the chaff, a faded, tarnished photograph
 Dandy Don and Warren Spahn tell me that I must go on
 I must go on, I can't go on, I must go on, I can't go on