The Day the Dome Went Down - Seattle Mariners

The anniversary of the opening of Safeco Field always gets me to thinking about the dome. May it rest in peace. From the tribute CD - Seattle...A Baseball Town
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The Day the Dome Went Down
Word and music by Deuce Bender


One late March, a crowd stood on a hill
Far below a structure gray and still
A skeleton of what it used to be
Clothed in several tons of TNT


And the day the dome went down was a great day in this town
What a wonderful sound as the roof fell to the ground
I stood there with the crowd and we all cheered long and loud
I was so proud the day the dome went down


Built by mistake back in the seventies
A dome is best, they led us to believe
For football, yeah, they play it in the fall
But what about my summers and baseball?


CHORUS

Dont get me wrong, I appreciate the role it played around here
But as I stood there I couldnt wait, and I didnt shed a tear


Astroturf and falling ceiling tiles
Suspended speakers, narrow dirty aisles
No sunshine, recycled air and more
Have finally gone the way of the dinosaur

CHORUS
2004 Deuce Bender Music

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[2x2is22]

@natechiro11 i mean the roof collapsed and its currently not in operation. it can be fixed. however, the powers that be seem to be trying to stop this in their quest for a new stadium.

[natechiro11]

@2x2is22 what do u mean? r they gettin rid of it or what happened to it?

[2x2is22]

too soon!! we just lost the metrodome!!

[CatsoldierMan]

this represents justin bieber

[ChevyRoll48]

this is what represents fred soon

[ChevyRoll48]

besides who needs a dome when you have a retractable roof

[tomwmloppe]

uh never did like thet monstrosity.

[pureintellectual]

ya! i was there!

[TacoSoft]

This is an amazing video!