Текст песни Rise Again, Handsome Johnny - Tom Russell

Old Handsome Johnny, I wished him luck
'T was a presidential campaign in the Coliseum parking lot
Rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again

Three years later, 1963
He was shot down in Dallas by a man named Lee
Harvey Oswald, Texas School Book Depos-it-o-ree

Police caught Oswald in a picture show
He'd shot a policeman and shot down JFK so low
Off to the hoosegow Lee Harvey did go

Next come Jack Ruby in his fedora hat
He owned a couple strip clubs, he was a low-level Mafia cat
He got too near Oswald, Ruby's gun went ratty-tat-tat

Oh, rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again
This country could use a few good men
You were a profile in courage, a U-Boat Capi-tan
Rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again

Well, the day Jack died we had a football game (high school)
Jack Kennedy was our hero, we were too damn sad to play
Head priest said, "Chin up lads-go out and win that game!"

Well, we won that game, boys, but it was very tight
Our hearts hung heavy, it was a dreary night
On to the final game, 'neath the Coliseum lights

We won that final game, boys, you must understand,
In the some Coliseum where I shook Jack Kennedy's hand
I was out on the field, Jack was watching from the Promised Land

We were second in the nation, we ran the Single Wing
Three yards and a cloud of dust, we could hear Jack's angels sing
"Win one for the Gipper, boys, old Jack's a-watchin'"

Oh, rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again
Yeah, the country could use a few good men
You were a profile in courage, a U-Boat Capi-tan
Rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again

As I left the Coliseum that championship night
I thought I saw Jack standin' 'neath a lamp post light
I went to shake his hand, boy, but he disappeared from sight

Oh, rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again
This country could use a few good men
You were a profile in courage, a U-Boat Capi-tan
Rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again

Oh, rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again
Oh, the country could use a few good men
You were a profile in courage, a U-Boat Capi-tan
Rise again, Handsome Johnny, rise again