xpacsun October 21st, 2009 01:50PM  

I'm not quite sure what the song means. I think it's about how some guy and girl are in love but she's married and her husband doesn't appreciate her like he says he could (does your husband know the way that the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?) and he's trying to prove to her that he's the right one for her. The title refers to the demise of a famous baseball player from the 60's. Pete rose was famous for sliding "headfirst" into home plate. The baseball hall of fame is called "coopers town". His team was in the playoff's and if they won, pete was going to go into the baseball hall of fame. He felt pretty sure that they were going to win, so he bet on his team. but they lost, and he got caught betting, so he was disqualified, and he didn't get into coopers town.