Story Behind The Song
MY FOOTBALL COACH AT LARAMIE HIGH SCHOOL
Song Description
APPRECIATION OF A PERSON IN ONE'S GROWING UP
| Song Length |
3:07 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful, Glad |
Subject |
Encouragement, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Harry Chapin, Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
RUB SOME DIRT ON IT (THE COACH JOHN SONG)
by Paul L. Arnoldi all rights reserved 1986
ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF HIGH PRAIRIE SAND PAINTED GREEN WITH GRASS
LINED WITH BLEACHERS AND STANDS/
ALL THE PLAYERS WHO CAME TO PLAY MOVED ON /
BUT IN THEIR HEART LIVES A MEMORY OF A MAN BACK THERE SHOWED THEM A WAY TO BE/
AND THAT MAN WAS COACH JOHN /..
COACH JOHN SHOWED YOU HOW TO TACKLE SO YOU?D NEVER FORGET/
WHEN YOU GOT HURT, FELT LIKE YOU MIGHTA BROKE A LEG/ YOU REMEMBER WHAT COACH JOHN WOULD SAY/
RUB SOME DIRT ON IT, WHAT?S A LITTLE PAIN?
RUB SOME DIRT ON IT/ AND GET BACK IN.....
SEASON AFTER SEASON OF HIGH PRAIRIE WIND GAVE OLD COACH JOHN ONE HECK OF A GRIN/ WILD AS THE WYOMING SKY/
ALL OF HIS FRESH FACED YOUNG MEN HAD DADDIES WHO WISHED THEIR BOYS WOULD LISTEN TO THEM/ LIKE THEY WOULD WHEN OLD COACH JOHN LOOKED THEM IN THE EYE/...
RUB SOME DIRT ON IT.............
I NEVER TOLD HIM WHAT IT MEANT TO ME, TO HEAR THOSE WORDS WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN/ NOW WHENEVER I WANT TO HIDE A WHILE/....
RUB SOME DIRT ON IT.............................................................GET BACK IN