The Mountain Goats — Fall of the Star High School Running Back
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Mountain Goats - The Fall of the Star High School Running Back.
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DAG
Sophomore year,
DAGADG
you rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry.
GA
All eyes were on you.
DAG
Junior year,
DAGA
you blew your knee out at an out of town game.
GA
Nowhere to go to but down, down, down.
DG
Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to.
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DG
by July,
DAGA
you'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends,
GA
people you used to look down on.
DAGG
And you'd figured out a way to make real money --
DAGA
givin' ends to your friends, and it felt stupendous.
GA
chrome spokes on your Japanese bike,
BbA
but selling acid was a bad idea,
DG
and selling it to a cop was a worse one.
DAD
And the new law said that seventeen year olds could do federal time.
GDG
you were the first one, so I sing this song for you,
DG
William Stanaforth Donahue,
DA
your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland,
DG
but you made a bad decision or two.
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yeah.