James Otto - The Ball Lyrics
If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would've took it all the wayHomecoming '89 with ten seconds left to playWe were drivin' toward the goal line, they were screamin' in the standsI had the chance to be a hero, but it slipped right through my handsThere would've been a big pep rally, the would've hung my jersey on the wallIf I hadn't dropped the ballMe and Cindy Miller were supposed to meet after the gameI waited by the bleachers, but she never cameI found a note on my windshield underneath the wiper bladeWith goodbye bleedin' through it in the cold October rainWe probably would've gotten marriedAnd those recruiters in from 'Bama would've calledIf I hadn't dropped the ball(Chorus:)My life would've been so different if in that instantThings had gone the way i plannedBut the fact is that they didn't, and the hand i wound up gettingIs something that i'll never understandI ran away that summer, took a job out on the coastAnd that's where I met your mama, and the rest I guess you knowIf I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdownWell, son, I wouldn't do it, 'cause you wouldn't be here nowAnd I wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fallIf I hadn't dropped the ball(Chorus:)My life would've been so different if in that instantThings had gone the way i plannedBut the fact is that they didn't and the hand i wound up gettingIs the one that god intended me to haveNo, I wouldn't be the man I am at allIf I hadn't dropped the ball
