Fall of the Star High School Running Back by The Mountain Goats
Fall of the Star High School Running Back by The Mountain Goats

Fall of the Star High School Running Back

The Mountain Goats * Track #2 On All Hail West Texas

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Fall of the Star High School Running Back by The Mountain Goats

Release Date
Tue Feb 19 2002
Performed by
The Mountain Goats
Produced by
John Darnielle
Writed by
John Darnielle
About

This a song about mandatory minimums and like many Mountain Goats songs is loosely taken from a real life experience of the frontman John Darnielle.

In the second episode of the podcast I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats, Darnielle explains,

In the fall of 85, I met a guy. His name was Dave and h...

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Fall of the Star High School Running Back Lyrics

Sophomore year
You rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry
All eyes were on you
Junior year
Blew your knee out at an out-of-town game
Nowhere to go but down, down, down
Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to

By July
You'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends
People you used to look down on
And you'd figured out a way to make real money
Giving ends to your friends and it felt stupendous
Chrome spokes on your Japanese bike

But selling acid was a bad idea
And selling it to a cop was a worse one
The new laws said that seventeen-year-olds could do federal time
And you were the first one

So I sing this song for you
William Staniforth Donahue,
Your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland
But you made a bad decision or two, yeah

Fall of the Star High School Running Back Q&A

Who wrote Fall of the Star High School Running Back's ?

Fall of the Star High School Running Back was written by John Darnielle.

Who produced Fall of the Star High School Running Back's ?

Fall of the Star High School Running Back was produced by John Darnielle.

When did The Mountain Goats release Fall of the Star High School Running Back?

The Mountain Goats released Fall of the Star High School Running Back on Tue Feb 19 2002.

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