Kenny Chesney - Touchdown Tennessee Lyrics
(Dean Dillon/ Kenny Chesney)(This limited edition single was released as a Tribute to JohnWard - the Voice of the Vols. A portion of all sales proceedswere delivered to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital and tothe John Ward Scholarship Fund.)(Voice over by announcer)Tennessee, Halloway rolling out this way, needs a block,Halloway looking, Halloway on the run, Halloway at the ten,Halloway at the five, Halloway dives!Give him six! Give him six large ones.(Switches to a different game, same announcer)Back is Kelly, the score 22-17, the dive, Touchdown!Big 'Oleans in the Superdome!(Start song)With a voice you could hear all the way to Rocky TopPlay by Play for thirty one years, it never stoppedWe heard twenty, fifteen, ten and fiveYour voice was our eyes and we could seeTouchdown Tennesee.(Announcer again)It is Gault, pulling it down at the six, Gault, ten, fifteen,Twenty, Gault outside, Gault thirty, Gault thirty-five,Gault forty, Gault forty-five, fifty, forty-five, forty,Yes sir, Willie Gault, ladies and gentlemen, is runningAll the way to the state capital. Give him six.....Willie Gault!Quarterback roll right. It was a long throw down field to Willie Gault.For a second no one knew if it was caught.We heard twenty, fifteen, ten and fiveYour voice was our eyes and we could seeTouchdown Tennesee.Your voice painted us a picture of all the losses and the winsAnd it's so hard to imagine a game without your voice againSaying twenty, fifteen, ten and five,Your voice was our eyes and we could seeTouchdown Tennessee.(Announcer again)To the thirty-five, down to the thirty, twenty-five, twenty,Fifteen, ten, He carries the ball all the way for one touchdown!Phillip running through, around, over and underneathDefenders for South Carolina, takes the ball all the wayHome for a miraculous touchdown and...(Song)So thank you, John. What a run, it's been fun for us allOh the way our hearts pounded when you calledTwenty, fifteen, ten and fiveYour voice was our eyes and we could seeTouchdown Tennessee.(Announcer)Manning sneaks, pitches forward, falls down, as yet,No whistle, Manning rolling to the right side, motionsTo throw down into the end-zone, and it is touchdown!Tennesse!(Song)So thank you, John...
