The Mountain Goats – Fall Of The Star High School Running Back (Ukulele)

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Sophomore year,   

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you rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry.

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  All eyes were on you.

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Junior year, 

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you blew your knee out at an out of town game.

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   Nowhere to go to but down, down, down.

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Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to.

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by July, 

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you'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends,

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people you used to look down on.

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And you'd figured out    a way to make real money --

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givin' ends to your friends, and it felt stupendous.

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 chrome spokes on your Japanese bike,

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but selling acid was a bad idea,

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and selling it to a cop was a worse one.

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And the new law said that seventeen year olds could do federal time.

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  you were the first one, so I sing this song for you,

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  William Stanaforth Donahue,

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your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland,

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but you made a bad decision or two.

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yeah.