Story Behind The Song
Paul Mask and I were talking about Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds and it just came to me that we should parody the Waylon Jennings song, Are You Sure Hank Dome It This Way, relating it to the Barry Bonds issue.
Song Description
Growin up in Atlanta, Henry Aaron was my boyhood hero, and it breaks my heart to think that Barry Bonds broke Hank's record with the alleged use of metabolic steroids
| Song Length |
2:51 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disturbed |
Subject |
Disgust |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
ARE YOU SURE HANK DID IT THAT WAY?
LYRICS JEFF COOK/PAUL MASK/RK BROWN
MUSIC WAYLON JENNINGS
WELL IT?S THE SAME OLD GAME
NEW TOWNS, NEW PARKS
MORE HOME RUNS HIT EVERY YEAR
IF THE BALL HASN?T CHANGED
HOW COME IT GOES SO FAR?
SOMEONE?S BREAKIN? THE RULES, I SWEAR LORD LORD
SOMEONE?S BREAKIN? THE RULES I SWEAR
MR. HENRY AARON PLAYED THE BRAVES RIGHT FIELD
WITH NATURAL TALENT BLEW PASSED THE BABE
WITH GOD GIVEN SKILLS AND AN IRON CLAD WILL
BARRY DIDN'T DO IT THAT WAY
NO BARRY DIDN'T DO IT HANK?S WAY
FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW, HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
HOW HANK?S RECORD BARRY JUICED AWAY
BASEBALL?S GREATEST CON WAS PLAYED BY THIS MAN
BARRY, DIDN?T DO IT HANK?S WAY
NO, NO, BARRY DIDN?T DO IT HANK?S WAY
HANK, IN OUR HEARTS YOUR RECORD STILL STANDS
WISH MY SON COULD HAVE SEEN YOU PLAY
MR BONDS, BY YOUR NAME SHOULD BE AN ASTERISK
?CAUSE YOU DIDN?T DO IT HANKS? WAY
SHAME, SHAME
NO BARRY DIDN?T DO IT HANK?S WAY
©JEFF COOK/PAUL MASK/RK BROWN, 2007, BMI