Not Good Enough to be Great

[couchgrouch]

Not Good Enough to be GreatThat old baseball scout sat in the crowdand stuck a stogie in his facehe's been around fifty years nowand most can't hold a candle to Mickey Mantleor Willie Maysthat kid grabbed a bat he had big league statsa snuffcheek and pumped up chestbut he loved fame not the gamehe'd leave the minors but those old timerswere still the bestcos it's not the fans in the standsendorsement pay or what the papers saywhen a batter steps up to the plateit's the joy in his heartwhen the horsehide meets the woodyeah, that kid sure looks the partand he'll be remembered as goodjust not good enough to be greathe drove his jeep from Tennesseeto hear this new guy playhis wild Texas guitar broke bottles in barsand some were sayin' his lightnin' playin'was just like Stevie Raycustom made axe, skull ring, big black hatand shiny snakeskin shoesthough he played his leads with stinging speedas that scout listened something was missin'from that show off's bluescos it's not the cheers he could hearautographs signed or the rowdy lineswhen that guitarslinger playedyeah, without soul his guitarwas just catgut and woodthat hotshot sure looked the partand he'll be remembered as goodjust not good enough to be greatsome have the muscle, some have the flashwith the right image, they'll get the cashbut in twenty years they'll ratenot good enough to be great(c)2006 Robert George