Louis Sockalexis |
LyricsLOUIS SOCKALEXISCHORUS LOUIS SOCKALEXIS OF THE PENOBSCOT NATION WAS A TURN OF THE CENTURY SPORTS SENSATION THE FIRST TO MAKE THE HOLY CROSS SPORT?S HALL THE NATION?S BEST COLLEGE PLAYER OF THEM ALL IN HIS LAST YEAR THERE HE HIT FOUR FORTY FOUR GOD GAVE HIM THE TALENT TO DO EVEN MORE DID HE SMASH 600 FOOT HOMERS? COULD THAT BE TRUE? LOUIS SOCKALEXIS A LEGEND THROUGH AND THROUGH IN THE DEAD BALL ERA HE BELTED TITANIC BLOWS BEYOND THE BASEBALL FIELD THRU FOURTH STORY WINDOWS HE THREW STRIKES TO THE CATCHER 400 FEET AWAY IF RUNNERS TRIED TO SCORE LOUIS MADE THEM PAY REPEAT CHORUS NOT THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO MAKE IT TO THE MAJORS BUT THE FIRST TO HEADLINE THE NATION'S SPORTS PAGES HE BLAZED LIKE A COMET ACROSS THE BASEBALL SKY TO HALL OF FAMERS LOUIS WAS A MARVEL TO THE EYE THE IMMORTAL JOHN McGRAW SURELY SPOKE THE TRUTH HE COULD'VE BEEN BETTER THAN TY COBB, WAGNER OR RUTH HE NOT ONLY INSPIRED HE WAS FRANK MERRIWELL LOUIS WAS MYTH COME TO LIFE UNTIL HE FELL FOR THOUGH FASTER THAN THE FLEET FOOTED COBB LOUIS COULDN'T OUTRUN HIMSELF OR BASEBALL?S MOB FANS HOUNDED HIM WITH WAR HOOPS IN EVERY CITY THE BEATING OF THEIR DRUMS LEFT HIM NO PITY REPEAT CHORUS BLACKS WERE BARRED BUT THEY HAD A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN LOUIS PLAYED IN THE WHITE MAN'S MAJORS ALL ALONE HOW MANY WAR HOOPS PIERCED HIS HEART? HOW MANY CARTOONS TORE HIM APART? THOUGH THERE WAS MUCH WONDER IN LOUIS' LIFE THE PAIN INSIDE AND OUT CUT HIM LIKE A KNIFE SOON THIS CYCLONE OF FAME WHIRRLED HIM OUT WITH THE RAIN BACK TO THE LAND HE LOVED, HE DIED IN THE WOODS OF MAINE REPEAT TAGLINE AND FADE MANY ASK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHEN SPEAKING OF HIS NAME LOUIS LIVES IN HIS PEOPLE?S HEART. THE TRUE HALL OF FAME Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley C200l JOE PICKERING JR KING OF THE ROAD MUSIC 13 POND ST. BANGOR, MAINE 04401 1-207-947-3525 |
| Song Length: 4:02 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |