If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would've took it all the way
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Homecoming '89 with ten seconds left to play
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We were drivin' toward the goal line, they were screamin' in the stands
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I had the chance to be a hero, but it slipped right through my hands
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There would've been a big pep rally, the would've hung my jersey on the wall
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If I hadn't dropped the ball
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Me and Cindy Miller were supposed to meet after the game
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I waited by the bleachers, but she never came
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I found a note on my windshield underneath the wiper blade
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With goodbye bleedin' through it in the cold October rain
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We probably would've gotten married
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And those recruiters in from 'Bama would've called
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If I hadn't dropped the ball
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[CHORUS:]
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MY LIFE WOULD'VE BEEN SO DIFFERENT IF IN THAT INSTANT
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THINGS HAD GONE THE WAY I PLANNED
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT THEY DIDN'T, AND THE HAND I WOUND UP GETTING
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IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND
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I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast
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And that's where I met your mama, and the rest I guess you know
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If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown
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Well, son, I wouldn't do it, 'cause you wouldn't be here now
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And I wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall
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If I hadn't dropped the ball
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[CHORUS:]
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MY LIFE WOULD'VE BEEN SO DIFFERENT IF IN THAT INSTANT
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THINGS HAD GONE THE WAY I PLANNED
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT THEY DIDN'T AND THE HAND I WOUND UP GETTING
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IS THE ONE THAT GOD INTENDED ME TO HAVE
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No, I wouldn't be the man I am at all
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If I hadn't dropped the ball
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The Ball
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| James Otto |
