The Ball-James Otto

[00:02.95]If I hadn't dropped the ball, [00:06.07] [00:06.70]I would've took it all the way [00:10.69]Homecoming '89 [00:14.21]with ten seconds left to play [00:17.26] [00:18.20]We were drivin' toward the goal line, [00:22.01]they were screamin' in the stands [00:25.64]I had the chance to be a hero, [00:29.39]but it slipped right through my hands [00:33.33]There would've been a big pep rally, [00:37.39]the would've hung my jersey on the wall [00:43.39] [00:46.40]If I hadn't dropped the ball [00:51.22] [00:52.97]Me and Cindy Miller [00:56.16]were supposed to meet after the game [01:00.21]I waited by the bleachers, [01:03.84]but she never came [01:07.47]I found a note on my windshield [01:11.59]underneath the wiper blade [01:15.10]With goodbye bleedin' through it [01:18.78]in the cold October rain [01:22.72]We probably would've gotten married [01:26.71]And those recruiters in from 'Bama would've called [01:32.85] [01:35.78]If I hadn't dropped the ball [01:40.72] [01:41.85]My life would've been so different if in that instant [01:47.35]Things had gone the way i planned [01:52.79] [01:53.48]But the fact is that they didn't, [01:57.00]and the hand i wound up getting [02:01.05]Is something that i'll never understand [02:07.88] [02:10.94]I ran away that summer, [02:14.38]took a job out on the coast [02:18.07]And that's where I met your mama, [02:21.69]and the rest I guess you know [02:25.82]If I had the chance to go back [02:29.63]and score that last touchdown [02:33.58]Well, son, I wouldn't do it, [02:37.13]'cause you wouldn't be here now [02:41.01]And I wouldn't be your hero, [02:44.65]I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall [02:50.89] [02:53.66]If I hadn't dropped the ball [02:58.54] [02:59.98]My life would've been so different if in that instant [03:05.31]Things had gone the way i planned [03:10.63] [03:11.51]But the fact is that they didn't [03:15.07]and the hand i wound up getting [03:18.93]Is the one that god intended me to have [03:26.79]No, I wouldn't be the man I am at all [03:32.01]If I hadn't dropped the ball