Garth Brooks Songs - All-American Kid Lyrics

Garth Brooks - All-American Kid

Garth Brooks - All-American Kid Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Man Against Machine
Released: 2014

All-American Kid Lyrics

Was the captain of the team his senior year
In his eyes, on his helmet, he had no fear
Down by a six-ball on the ten
Said huddle up boys we’ve got a game to win
He snapped the ball, he looked left and right
Nobody was open so he tucked in tight
And before them boys hanging on to him
The clock ran out as he ran it in

And the whole town cheered
And his mama cried
And they rushed downfield
And they raised him high
Got his picture in the paper and the headline read
"All-American Comeback Kid"

He was recruited by the best schools in the land
He decided he would sign with his Uncle Sam
Kissed his mama goodbye in their living room
Said, dad, don’t worry I’ll be home soon

And the whole town cheered
And his mama cried
And they lined the street
Just to say goodbye
Got his picture in the paper and the headline read
"Come Back, All-American Kid"

Three tours of duty and a silver star
They brought him back home with his battle scars
He stopped off the plane in his combat boots
And he saluted the red, the white and blue

And the whole town cheered
And his mama cried
Another hometown boy
Made it home alive
Got his picture in the paper and the headline read
"Welcome Back, All-American Kid"

Yeah, this song is for those who never did
Come back all-American kids

Writer/s: CAMPBELL, CRAIG / LONG, BRICE / MCBRIDE, TERRY A
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

All-American Kid Song Chart

Brooks calls this Craig Campbell, Brice Long and Terry McBride penned tune the "perfect Garth Brooks song." He explained: "We're lucky enough to travel around the world playing music, but the first thing I'll tell anybody [is] … 'Hey dude, I'm American.' I'm not gonna to change to fit your format. We're not going to lose the steels, we're not going to lose the fiddles. We're going to do what we do. And that's country music with muscle in it. And I gotta tell ya, 'All-American Kid' is exactly that, just Garth Brooks country music with a hell of a lot of muscle."

This is the first time that another artist has recorded one of Craig Campbell's tunes. "I write for myself, of course, but I've never had an outside cut," he told Country Weekly. "For the first one to be Garth, well, that's pretty amazing. He probably listens to thousands of songs."

The performance of this song at the 2015 ACM Awards was introduced by Taya Kyle, the widow of the late Chris Kyle of American Sniper fame. As Brooks sung the tune, a number of US servicemen and servicewomen filed in through the audience while fireworks blasted off on the video screens.

Craig Campbell told The Boot the story of the song. "When I wrote it, it was just an idea that I had, and I thought it was the greatest comeback story of all time," he recalled. "I heard about this guy coming back from the war, so we wrote the song, and I was going to put it on my new record through Bigger Picture, but then they closed."

"And then we heard that Garth wanted to record it. I'm not going to tell Garth 'no,'" Campbell continued. "I didn't really believe it until I got a call that they wanted me to come hear the album. The first time I heard 'All-American Kid' with Garth singing it, Garth was standing right over my shoulder while I listened. It was one of those 'This is not real. Someone wake me up' moments."