Chuck Brodsky

The Phenom Lyrics

Around the phenom cameras flash

Even when he just plays catch

Way off down the 3rd base line

The fans have things for him to sign

The spotlight follows him around

Same thing in every town

Journalists and tv crews

Articles and interviews



The phenom in his senior year

Not even old enough to drink a beer

Hit 100 on the radar gun

With a change up that was 91

Even then he packed the stands

With as many scouts as there were fans

Every pitch they charted and graphed

He was the first pick of the draft



30 million gauranteed

Whether or not the kid ever succeeds

His teammates draw a grand a month

Sometimes the phenom picks up the tab for lunch

You can't blame him, it's not his fault

The team was willing to open the vault

No question that the kid can pitch

Someday he might make all of ‘em rich

The phenom drives a luxury car

Along the road to being a star

There's a guy in every neighborhood bar

Showing off his elbow scar

He can't miss say the analysts

No one's ever seen anything like this

A dieing man made one last wish

It was to live to see the phenom pitch



**On this kid they bet the farm

Him and his 24 carat arm

Every hiccup is a cause for alarm

Better not step on the foul line –

Better rub that lucky charm



Sometime around the end of May

They moved him up to Double A

It's still the same, home or away

Rain or shine, night or day

Every game a sellout crowd

The kid keeps getting batters out

The talk show callers all say so

The phenom's ready for The Show