Orange Race : Lee Brice, Love Like Crazy

Orange Race : Lee Brice, Love Like Crazy

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They called him chris – e when they started out

You ever reach back in your memory and pull out a good one?

Well, sit right back in your computer chair and let me grind

out a yarn for y’all.

You see back before I can remember, there was this guy

nicknamed BEAN.

Well, BEAN had a funny way of talking to me when I was younger.

Him and my Gramms would always call me Chrissy.

It’s funny because it never bothered me any until I got to be a teenager.

You can’t call me Chrissy in front of my friends!

One day in the early 70’s, um, that’s 1970’s before the Internet.

Anyways, I was really good as a baseball player back in the 70’s

and this one particular year, the baseball coach gave me two tickets

to see the Pittsburgh Pirates play the Los Angeles Dodgers at

Chavez Ravine AKA Dodger Stadium.  Back when Vin Skully was the

announcer and Jimmy Dean was a major sponsor.   The day

arrived and since my dad had to work that day, BEAN said he would

take me. 

I was so excited to go to my first PROFESSIONAL Baseball game and

to top it off, it was HELMET day.  Every kid 14 and under got a free

helmet with a professional logo and everything!

Excitement crept up inside of me and I stated to BEAN that I felt

really happy to be going to the game with him.

Bean replied, Thanks Chrissy!

So we are driving up to the stadium and horrors among horrors,

the gates were locked. WHAT?!!! I looked at the tickets and right

on the ticket said

GAME TIME 7:05 p.m.

 Only, I could have sworn the tickets said 12:05 p.m.

I told BEAN that I was sorry I made the mistake.

That’s all right Chrissy.  Hey are you hungry Chrissy? I’ll take you downtown

to get something to eat.

LOS ANGELES in the middle of the day.  That particular summer day, it was hot.

We got out of the car and found a cafeteria style restaurant.  We were just

about up to the cash register to pay for the food when a huge commotion

involving the police occurred RIGHT BEHIND BEAN.  I remember the cops

taking this guy away in handcuffs screaming and hollering.  But BEAN was

the picture of pure calm.  Bean asked me, Did you get enough on your

plate Chrissy?  Those mashed potatoes and gravy look good.  He reached

for a spoon and plunked a bunch of potatoes and gravy on my plate.

There you go Chrissy!

We made it through lunch without any more police interuptions and then

walked around Los Angeles for a couple hours before gametime.

To tell you the truth, I don’t remember who won the game but I do remember

getting the Pittsburgh Pirate helmet and told BEAN all the way home how much

fun I had that day.

So when it came time to leave, BEAN and Gramms would get in their car but

before he did, he always made it a point to hand me a five dollar bill and say

Don’t spend it all in one place Chrissy! 

Respectfully in TRUTH,

Author Christo Strom

Sole Owner of Orange Race Card Angels

Head of Angel Promotions

P.S.

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ORANGE RACE, go to Orange Race Card Angels

Here’s a video from Lee Brice that for whatever reason makes me think

of BEAN and GRAMMS, and the Other Ones who will remain blameless!!!!
I have this recurring dream when BEAN and GRAMMS are looking down
from heaven singing with ALL THE ANGELS , look isn't that Crazy?
They got the memo <( +++ )>

"Love Like Crazy"

They called them crazy when they started out

Said, "Seventeen's too young to know what loves about"

They've been together fifty-eight years now

That's crazy

He brought home sixty-seven bucks a week

Bought a little 2 bedroom house on Maple Street

Where she blessed him with six more mouths to feed

Now that's crazy

Just ask him how he did it

He'll say, "Pull up a seat

It'll only take a minute

To tell you everything"

Be a best friend, tell the truth

And overuse "I love you"

Go to work, do your best

Don't outsmart your common sense

Never let your prayin' knees get lazy

And love like crazy

They called him crazy when he quit his job

Said them home computers, boy, they'll never take off

Well, he sold his one man shop to Microsoft

And they paid like crazy

Just ask him how he made it

He'll tell you faith and sweat

And the heart of a faithful woman

Who never let him forget

Be a best friend, tell the truth

And overuse "I love you"

Go to work, do your best

Don't outsmart your common sense

Never let your prayin' knees get lazy

And love like crazy

Always treat your woman like a lady

Never get to old to call her baby

Never let your prayin' knees get lazy

And love like crazy

They called him crazy when they started out

They've been together fifty-eight years now

Ain't that crazy?