(THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM) E

THERE'S AN E-LECTRIFYIN' ATHLETE,
WHO ALWAYS GETS THE FANS TO CHEER,
'CAUSE HE CAN HIT LIKE A HOWITZER, AND RUNS JUST LIKE A DEER.
HE'S NOT ALI BUT HE FLOATS LIKE A BUTTERFLY AND STINGS JUST LIKE A BEE,
WELL HIS NAME IS ERIC DAVIS, BUT YOU CAN JUST CALL HIM E.

NOW HE'S JUST A KID OF 25, AND SOON TO REACH HIS PRIME,
BUT E'S ALREADY TURNED OUT TO BE, A LEGEND BEFORE HIS TIME.
WHY HE'S DONE THINGS THIS SPRING,
MOST GUYS WON'T DO IN THEIR CAREERS.
AND HERE'S HOPING E CAN KEEP IT UP FOR MANY YEARS.

THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM E, BUT THAT DON'T STAND FOR ERROR.
PITCHERS AROUND THE LEAGUE, CALL HIM A HOLY TERROR.
THEY SAY HE'S FASTER THAN WILLS, AND WEARIN' AARON'S NUMBER.
BUT NONE CAN MATCH HIM FOR THRILLS, WHEN HE STEALS,
MAKES A CATCH OR WHEN HE'S SWINGIN' THE LUMBER.
THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM E.

(slide guitar solo)

HE'S THE DARLING OF THE MEDIA AND THAT'S UNDERSTATING IT SOME.
E IS SEEN EVERYWHERE; IN INK OR ON THE AIR,
AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY IN YOUR BUBBLEGUM.
LORD IT MUST BE JUST LIKE A CARNIVAL.
E SHOULD KNOW HOW A FREAK WOULD FEEL.
JUST TO MAKE IT THROUGH ALL THE SIDESHOWS,
HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE NERVES OF STEEL.

WELL DID YOU SEE WHAT E DID RECENTLY,
OUT IN CENTERFIELD AGAINST JACK CLARK.
JACK JACKED 'EM OUT IN TWO STRAIGHT GAMES,
BUT EACH TIME E PULLED 'EM BACK IN THE PARK.
E EVEN HOLDS A RECORD FOR STRIKING OUT,
JUST SHOWS THERE'S NO MAN WHO CAN HIT 'EM ALL,
BUT HE KEEPS ON TRYIN' UNTIL HE DOES,
THEN YOU KNOW IT'S GOIN' OVER THE WALL.

THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM E, 'CAUSE HE'S E-LECTRIFYIN'.
HE THROWS HIS BODY DOWN AND AROUND,
IN A WAY THAT'S SIMPLY DEATH DEFYIN'.
BUT DON'T COMPARE HIM TO MAYS OR SAY HE'S ANOTHER CLEMENTE.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT HE CAN BEAT YOU EACH DAY,
WITH ALL HIS TALENTS APLENTY.
AW, THERE'S JUST ONE THING IN THIS WIDE WORLD, THAT HE WANTS TO BE, AND THAT'S THE FIRST AND ONLY ERIC DAVIS,
OR YOU CAN CALL HIM E. THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM E.
THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM E. THEY SIMPLY CALL HIM E.