TRUE STORY.NO NEED FOR EXPLAINATION I THINK I GOT IT ALL IN THE SONG.I`LL POST THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE LINKS IF YOU WANT TO READ IT.I ALSO ADDED SOME PICTURES OF JOE AT THE END. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketb... AND THIS ONE FOR THE HAPPY ENDING: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/othersp... V1)OLD JOE PACE STANDS 6`10.HE PLAYED A LITTLE BASKETBALL WAY BACK WHEN.HE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE NBA.MAN HE HAD IT MADE WAY BACK THEN. V2)HE PLAYED AROUND THE WORLD LIVING A LIFE OF EASE UNTIL HE THREW OUT HIS BACK AND TORE UP HIS KNEES.THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS HE THOUGHT HE HAD UP AND LEFT IN HIS TIME OF NEED. CHORUS:ITS A LONG WAY TOO FALL.FROM THE GLORIOUS HEIGHTS OF THE NBA.ITS A LONG WAY TOO FALL,TO THE STREETS OF SEATTLE WHERE HE LIVES TODAY. V3)THE SHOE THAT HE WHERES IS SIZE 17,HE`S PUT A FEW MILES ON ITS PLAIN TO SEE,NOW HE CAN HARDLY WALK AND HE CAN HARDLY STAND WITH THE MISERY IN HIS BACK AND A PAIR OF WORN OUT KNEES. V4)HE FOUND HIMSELF STUMBLIN DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY,COCAINE AND...