PETER, PAUL & MARY - Right Field lyrics

rate me

Saturday summers, when I was a kid

Wed run to the schoolyard and heres what we did

Wed pick out the captains and wed choose up the teams

It was always a measure of my self esteem

Cuz the fastest, the strongest, played shortstop and first

The last ones they picked were the worst

I never needed to ask, it was sealed,

I just took up my place in right field.

Playing...

Chorus:

Right field, its easy, you know.

You can be awkward and you can be slow

Thats why Im here in right field

Just watching the dandelions grow

Playing right field can be lonely and dull

Little leagues never have lefties that pull

Id dream of the day theyd hit one my way

They never did, but still I would pray

That Id make a fantastic catch on the run

And not lose the ball in the sun

And then Id awake from this long reverie

And pray that the ball never came out to me

Here in...

(chorus)

Off in the distance, the games dragging on,

Theres strikes on the batter, some runners are on.

I dont know the inning, Ive forgotten the score.

The whole team is yelling and I dont know what for.

Then suddenly everyones looking at me

My mind has been wandering; what could it be?

They point at the sky and I look up above

And a baseball falls into my glove!

Here in right field, its important you know.

You gotta know how to catch, you gotta know how to throw,

Thats why Im here in right field, just watching the dandelions grow!