Some of you freaks think OK Blue Jays is trash. I am here to say that OK Blue jays is the song of a generation, an anthem for the people who cherish Canada's last surviving baseball team - not only a 'song', but a piece of Blue Jays History that survives the best and worst of times the franchise has seen.
First Released in 1983, the blue jays were still young and aimlessly searching for a tune to define them. Then, genius struck president Paul Beeston as he sought to make Toronto's very own Red-Sox-'Sweet Caroline'-esque tune, a song that the whole stadium can gleefully participate in with vigor and, perhaps even better than Boston's 'Sweet Caroline', a choreographed dance. Jack Lenz and Tony Kosinec didn't exactly dive head first into the Skydome's open heart and soul when they described the diamond, nine men, hat, bat and that's not all. Everyone knows these brief, fleeting lyrics and judge the song on a few short lines. When you look past these popular lyrics, the longform version of the song contains references to the great Dave Stieb, and predicts Dave Winfield's controversial encounter with a Seagull. It describes how the beautiful the sunset falls to a dark sky lit up with the ballpark lights from the view of the open dome.
In closing, I invite you to soak in the lyrics to our historical and beloved team song, OK Blue Jays. I hope you absorb these lyrics and cherish them as fans have for the last 4 decades.
thank you.
