I was happy to be able to work in a shoutout to Uecker in my summer song.  Here are the lyrics for anyone who is interested, although this site is not letting me format them to show breaks between verses.  Oh well.  Thanks for listening.

It’s 5:00 and I’m flying home

As fast as I can

Find you standing on the porch

A half-drank mojito in your hand

That look in your eyes

Says all that there is to say

We’ve been waiting

9 long months for this day

Finish that drink, mix us up another

We’ll pack up the kids and leave them with your mother

It’s the first night of summer

Baby, I’m taking you out

Everywhere you look

You see the signs

The roadside stands are open

Clothes are out on the line

The smell of charcoal

Is blowing in from the patio

Uecker’s calling play by play on the radio

Kids next door are selling Kool-aid for a quarter

Days are getting longer; skirts are getting shorter

It’s the first day of summer

Baby I’m taking you out

There’s a rooftop party at a bar downtown

Or we could roll down the windows and drive around

Just drive around

Do you remember when we were young

And still in school

We’d hop my neighbor’s fence

For a midnight dip in his pool

Lie down in the grass

And look up at the summer sky

Count the shooting stars

As they went dancing by

The Southern Cross is flying high above you

Tonight I’m gonna show you just how much I love you

It’s the first night of summer

Baby I’m taking you out