You know, man, when I was a young man in high school you
believe in or not I wanted to play football for the coach And
all those older guys they said he was mean and cruel, but
you know wanted to play football for the coach
They said I was to little too light weight to play line-backer
so I say I'm playing right-end wanted to play football for
the coach 'Cause, you know some day, man you gotta
stand up straight unless you're gonna fall then you're gone
to die And the straightest dude I ever knew was
standing right for me all the time So I had to play football
for the coach and I wanted to play football for the coach
When you're all alone and lonely in your midnight
hour And you find that your soul it's been up for
sale
And you begin to think 'bout all the
things that you've done And you begin to hate just
'bout everything
But remember the princess who lived on
the hill Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong
And right now she just might come shining through and
the -
- Glory of love, glory of love glory of
love, just might come through
And all your two-bit
friends have gone and ripped you off They're
talking behind your back saying, man you're never going to be
no human being And you start thinking again 'bout
all those things that you've done And who it was and what it
was and all the different things you made every different
scene
Ahhh, but remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer And just remember
different people have peculiar tastes and the -
- Glory of love, the glory of love the glory of love, might
see you through yeah, but now, now Glory of love,
the glory of love the glory of love, might see you through
Glory of love, ah, huh, huh, the glory of love Glory
of love, glory of love Glory of love, now, glory of love, now
Glory of love, now, now, now, glory of love Glory of
love, give it to me now, glory of love see you through Oh, my
Coney Island baby, now (I'm a Coney Island baby, now)
I'd like to send this one out for Lou and Rachel and all
the kids and P.S. 192 Coney Island baby Man, I'd
swear, I'd give the whole thing up for you