The Golden Greek |
LyricsTHE GOLDEN GREEK 06/18/01TIME WASHES AWAY PEOPLE WHO DEPART YOU WHO REMAIN CHERISH HEROES OF THE HEART THEY SELDOM GRACE EARTH BUT, NOT FOR LONG THE GOLDEN GREEK LIVES IN THIS SONG TOO MANY ATHLETES SPELL TEAM AS M-E THE GOLDEN GREEK KNEW TEAM MEANT ONLY WE THIS ALL AMERICAN TRULY STOOD APART THE GOLDEN GREEK WAS SIMPLY PURE OF HEART FOUR HUNDRED CHURCHES HONORED FOR FORTY DAYS THE MAN WHO TOUCHED MANY HEARTS IN SO MANY WAYS FIFTY THOUSAND SAID GOODBYE AS HIS CHURCH CHOIR SANG LOVE FOR THE MAN WHO SET THE SPORTS WORLD AFIRE CHORUS HARRY AGGANIS STIRRED HEART AND SOUL DID GOD TAKE HIM SO HE WOULD NEVER GROW OLD? HEROES LIVE FOREVER THOUGH HARRY DIED YOUNG THE SONG OF THE GOLDEN GREEK WILL ALWAYS BE SUNG THOUSANDS OF MARINES IN THE CAROLINA SUN NAMED A FIELD FOR THE MARINE WHO LEFT NO DEED UNDONE THE FIRST OLYMPIC HEROES WON OLIVE WREATHS HIS SILVER WREATH FROM THE KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE THE SEVENTH CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN IN LYNN LEARNED PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT WAS THE WAY TO WIN HE HIT MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHING AT FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE THEN WENT ON TO GLORY ON THE SPORTS PAGE THIS HALL OF FAMER SCRAMBLED FORTY YARDS FROM THE POCKET HE THREW FEATHER PASSES OR SHOTS LIKE A ROCKET THOUGH HE LOOKED AND PLAYED LIKE A GREEK GOD THIS FLESH AND BLOOD HERO WAS ONE WITH THE LORD REPEAT CHORUS HE GAVE TO THE POOR AND CHURCH, GIFTS HE RECEIVED HARRY LIVED THE GOLDEN RULE, AS HE BELIEVED HIS SMILE WARM AND BRIGHT LIKE SUNSHINE IN JULY WHY AT TWENTY-SIX DID THIS RED SOX STAR DIE? THE NFL PLAYED GAMES IN HONOR OF HIS NAME ALL FOR A MAN WHO NEVER PLAYED A PRO GAME HE PLANNED TO PLAY FOR THE SOX AND THE N-F-L WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONLY GOD CAN TELL THIS HERO OF THE HEART WAS LIKE NO OTHER HIS LAST WORDS: WERE ?TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER? IN THE PANTHEON OF SPORTS, THE GOLDEN GREEK REIGNS HIS MEM?RY GLOWING LIKE THE OLYMPIC FLAME Repeat last line and fade Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. C 2000 Joe Pickering, Jr., President King of the Road Music 13 Pond Street Bangor, ME 04401 1-207-947-3525 |
| Song Length: 6:04 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |