Take One For the Team

[couchgrouch]

Take One For the TeamGrew up with broncs n bulls bruises and muscles pulledand I just got better with the painplaying high school ball I took some falls but we won it allso I was geared up for the big college gameone guy warned me I had a hard game aheadtried to give me some pill and said"take one for the teamso you can give it your bestcos it's sweat n spit and the guts not to quitand finish the testsometimes winnin' meansyou gotta take one for the team"I said, "buddy, thanks but no I'm already rarin' to goI'll be a mad dog on that quarterback"I was a one man blitz played with grit he took plenty of hitsand barely crawled out of the sacktook him to school when I took him downcos I was teachin' him howto take one for the teamso you can give it your bestcos it's sweat n spit and the guts not to quitand finish the testsometimes winnin' meansyou gotta take one for the teamwent pubbing after the gameto throw down a few drinksbarkeep said I did the game proudpoured me one on the houseI smiled and said "I'll take one for the teamyeah, take one for the teamtake one for the team"(c)2006 Robert George