Ball Lyrics - James Otto

If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would've took it all the way 

Homecoming '89 with ten seconds left to play 

We were drivin' toward the goal line, they were screamin' in the stands 

I had the chance to be a hero but it slipped right through my hands 

There would've been a big pep rally 

They would've hung my jersey on the wall 

If I hadn't dropped the ball 

Me and Cindy Miller were supposed to meet after the game 

I waited by the bleachers, but she never came 

I found a note on my windshield, underneath the wiper blade 

With goodbye bleedin' through it in the cold October rain 

We probably would've gotten married 

And those recruiters in from 'Bama would've called 

If I hadn't dropped the ball 

My life would've been so different if in that instant 

Things had gone the way I planned 

But the fact is that they didn't and the hand I wound up getting 

Is something that I'll never understand 

I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast 

And that's where I met your mama, and the rest I guess you know 

If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown 

Well, son, I wouldn't do it, 'cause you wouldn't be here now 

And I wouldn't be your hero 

I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall 

If I hadn't dropped the ball 

My life would've been so different if in that instant 

Things had gone the way I planned 

But the fact is that they didn't and the hand I wound up getting 

Is the one that God intended me to have 

No, I wouldn't be the man I am at all 

If I hadn't dropped the ball