In the days before GPS And other miscellanea A pitcher got lost trying to find The Fulton County Stadium Running out of gas On a road that goes round and round Stopped at a Circle K The clerk said “Shouldn’t you be on the mound?†Ring Road I-285 We call it The Perimeter So easy to just go in circles If you didn’t know where you were Driving up from Athens To a gig at the 688 Listening to Skip Carey Wondering why Phil Niekro was starting in his place Pascual on the perimeter There’s got to be an exit here Pascual on the perimeter There’s got to be an exit here You’ve gotta Get me to the game on time Get me to the game on time Get me to the game on time Get me to the game on time Get me to the game on time! Playing it for laughs years later Pitching burgers on the tube Making light of his bad day Like some kind of small town rube I wish that funny postscript was The punch line and the story’s end But history’s ain’t always kind Sometimes hard to comprehend Pascual on the perimeter Pascual on the perimeter Pascual on the perimeter There’s got to be an exit here Pascual on the perimeter There’s got to be an exit here You’ve gotta Get me to the game on time Pascual on the perimeter You’ve gotta Get me to the game on time Get me to the game on time Get me to the game on time