Jonathan Richman - Walter Johnson lyrics

Well I'm a gonna tell you if you don't know
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About a great ball player from
A long time ago
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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
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They'll actually tried to almost
Hit that opposing player
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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
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Walter would actually ease up a
Little on the opposition (that's right)
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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
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This Walter Johnson, I speak of
Never so much as gave the
Opposing team a dirty look
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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