Press play and please sing along.
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself run the ball
While those around you [threw]
They crawled out of the woodwork said you were from high school
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill complained about your blocks
[But] they made you you didn’t change your [scheme]
And it seems to me you [coached] your life
Like a [flexbone] in the wind
[Always] knowing who to [pitch] to
When the [key] set in
And I would have liked to [keep] you
But I was just a kid it was time to go
Your [flexbone] burned out long before
Your legend ever [will]
[Getting respect] was tough
The toughest role you ever played
[Georgia Southern] created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you [retired]
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that [the flexbone] was found in the nude gone for good
And it seems to me you [coached] your life
Like a [flexbone] in the wind
[Always] knowing who to [pitch] to
When the [key] set in
And I would have liked to [keep] you
Your [flexbone] burned out long before
Your legend ever [will]
Though I never knew you at all
While those around you [threw]
From the young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than [novelty]
More than just our Marilyn Monroe cut blocks and rocket toss
And it seems to me you [coached] your life
Like a [flexbone] in the wind
[Always] knowing who to [pitch] to
When the [key] set in
And I would have liked to [keep] you
Your [flexbone] burned out long before
Your legend ever [will]
Your [flexbone] burned out long before
Your legend ever [will]
I’ll give everyone a moment to stop crying.