Larry Yount Songtext
von The Baseball Project

My name is Larry Yount

And my story doesn′t rise like a ripple on the tide
Late at night I think what might have been
What might have been
The older of two brothers and the first to break from home
After years down in the minors, called up to the Astrodome
Houston, I was warming in the pen
Skipper said, "It's time to come in"
I took my warm-up tosses and I felt something snap
They pulled me out and they sent me down and that was that
I never made it to the bigs again

That′s where the story oughta end

My name is Larry Yount
And my story doesn't rise like a ripple on the tide
Late at night I think what might have been
What might have been


The reason you might know my name
Is because of my brother's fame
Three years past my one day in the show
Robin got called up and he never let it go
After twenty years had passed
Three thousand hits had been amassed
Robin hit the Hall of Fame and immortality
Son Ben wrote a song about me

My name is Larry Yount
And my story doesn′t rise like a ripple on the tide
Late at night I think what might have been
What might have been

Sometimes at the holidays we′ll sit there with our kids
They walk past all the trophies and ask 'bout the things he did
"Uncle Robin, what′s it like? Uncle Robin, tell us more
About the World Series games and statistics and the scores"
Sometimes it tears me up inside
Though I can't help but feel pride
Find them back in Houston once again
Thinking about the things that might have been

My name is Larry Yount
And my story doesn′t rise like a ripple on the tide
Late at night I think what might have been

My name is Larry Yount
My name is Larry Yount
My name is Larry Yount