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James Otto - The Ball |
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If I hadn't dropped the ball, |
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I would've took it all the way |
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Homecoming '89 |
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with ten seconds left to play |
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We were drivin' toward the goal line, |
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they were screamin' in the stands |
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I had the chance to be a hero, |
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but it slipped right through my hands |
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There would've been a big pep rally, |
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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 |
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were supposed to meet after the game |
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I waited by the bleachers, |
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but she never came |
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I found a note on my windshield |
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underneath the wiper blade |
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With goodbye bleedin' through it |
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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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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, |
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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, |
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took a job out on the coast |
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And that's where I met your mama, |
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and the rest I guess you know |
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If I had the chance to go back |
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and score that last touchdown |
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Well, son, I wouldn't do it, |
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'cause you wouldn't be here now |
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And I wouldn't be your hero, |
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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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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 |
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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 |