Right Field Lyrics

Saturday summers, when I was a kid We'd run to the schoolyard and here's what we did We'd pick out the captains and we'd choose up the teams It was always a measure of my self esteem
'Cause 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 right field, it's easy you know You can be awkward, you can be slow That's why I'm here in right field Just watching the dandelions grow
Playing right field can be lonely and dull Little leagues never have lefties that pull I'd dream of the day they'd hit one my way They never did, but still I would pray
That I'd make a fantastic catch on the run And not lose the ball in the sun And then I'd awake from this long reverie [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/right-field-lyrics-peter-paul-mary.html ] And pray that the ball never came out to me
Here in right field, it's easy you know You can be awkward and you can be slow That's why I'm here in right field Just watching the dandelions grow
Off in the distance the game's dragging on There's strikes on the batter, some runners are on I don't know the inning, I've forgotten the score The whole team is yelling and I don't know what for
Then suddenly everyone's 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, it's important you know You gotta know how to catch, you gotta know how to throw That's why I'm here in right field Just watching the dandelions grow