Phenomenon (1965)

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This obscure single is by soul singer and part-time high-school football coach Buddy Kilmer. In this song Buddy expresses his thoughts about coaching football and his frustrations with trying to teach extremely talented athletes to stop doing stupid dangerous sh*t.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh why are you playing with fire
Boy you know you ain't thinking right
When your hands are worth ten times more
Than I will make in my whole life
Those rockets are not very safe
If that fuse is not very long
You should play with sparklers and snakes
Or your fingers are gonna be gone

[Chorus 1]
It is a strange phenomenon
Football players playing with bombs
How are you gonna catch a ball
When half of your fingers are gone

[Verse 2]
Shouldn't play with firecrackers
Unless you are a line backer
Please be careful with your handles
Playing with those Roman candles
Looks like my team will lose this year
That's the end of another career
He lit the fuse and kept holding on
Now half of his fingers are gone

[Chorus 2]
It is a strange phenomenon
Football players playing with bombs
How are you gonna catch a ball
You blew your f*cking fingers off

[Bridge]
You were suppose to go wide receive
But you blew your hand off instead
Must be from all the C.T.E.
Hit too many times in the head (Ow!)

[Verse 3]
He was no genius to begin with
But that is some really dumb sh*t
With fireworks all you need to know
After it's lit you let it go
Too many pros forget to throw
Hands move fast but their brains move slow
Boom his middle finger is gone
Now he can't even flip people off (Oh no!)

[Outro End]
Wear your helmet all the time
Wear your helmet, you really need a f*cking helmet
Ooh yeah