If the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn maybe things would be different today
Maybe John F Kennedy would have been president til 1968
I don’t know,I wasn’t born yet, I was just wondering, hope that’s OK
If the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn maybe things would be different today

Maybe we’d spend our money differently like making sure some kid didn’t have 45 other kids
in his third grade class
Maybe a car would get a 150 miles to a gallon of gas, if they even used gas
There’d be a job when you were strong, and a meal when you were hungry, and an ear when you had
something to say
Maybe everything would be different if the Dodgers had never moved to LA

If the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn maybe Watergate would be some obscure hotel
Tienamen square would be a square & Vietnam a vacation spot that travel agencies would try to sell
Maybe Jesus would have come for the second time by now or for the first time depending on how you feel about that stuff
If the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn, and decided that Ebbets Field was enough

You could argue that everything would be exactly the same
I can’t prove I’m right and neither can you
But if one kind heart leads to another kind heart
What do you think one greedy heart can do?

If the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn maybe things would be different today
Maybe a man without pride and compassion would be unknown, like a river that runs the wrong way
I don’t know, this is just speculation, I wasn’t born yet, I wasn’t even on the map
But maybe everything would be different if the Dodgers still had a B on the front of their cap
If the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn maybe things would be different today….

(lyrics: Dan Bern)