Jonathan Richman - Walter Johnson lyrics

Well I'm a gonna tell you if you don't know Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum About a great ball player from a long time ago Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum Whose a hero to me I ain't puttin' you on son. Cause I'm now gonna tell a story of baseball's great Walter Johnson. All through baseball he was loved and respected Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected. Well now, when pitchers throw their pitch to scare Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum They'll actually tried to almost hit that opposing player Do de do de do de do de do de do de do Walter Johnson wouldn't do that, not even just a little He made sure he threw that baseball right down the middle. And All through baseball he was loved and respected Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected. Now (he pitched for the Washington Senators back in about 1924) now (1906) Now look, when the Washington nine was a-goin to win Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum Walter would actually ease up a little on the opposition (that's right) Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum Now the other teamates they simply didn't get it, They said, "Walter how come you let him hit it?" Now Walter just told them with his gentle smile "boys, this game isn't any fun if you don't get a hit once in a while." Now all through baseball he was loved and respected Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected. Now a record's just a record in a book that's just a book Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum This Walter Johnson, I speak of, never so much as gave the opposing team a dirty look Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum And a season's just a season in a game that was supposed to be just a game Walter Johnson cared about people more than he cared about fame. So all through baseball he was loved and respected Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected.