Just this side of Goliath, one of four,
Down the lane, Remember the days of Yore,
Leviathan of Music, perfect pitch,
The gust of life, enough to make you rich,
On a bush hog, a softball field, a stage,
The best ear in the Business, of an age,
One step out, between worlds, did not belong,
He came home famous, a success, a song,
That lives with us, still, one step at a time,
His own way, the highway, still in his prime,
One long day, he took the old back way home,
With his dad in hand beneath God’s gray dome …