Right Field Lyrics - Around The Campfire - Peter, Paul & Mary

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 

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