The Underdogs Lyrics - Jen Foster

Words by Jen Foster & Kathy Scott 

Music by Jen Foster 

Second grade, Billy Simms 

Playing out by the jungle gym 

All the boys laughed at him 

For some sort of speech impediment 

And they knocked him down 

And I pushed them off 

And they kicked our asses 

'Cause we were the underdogs 

Seventh grade, Cindy Sloan 

Eating in the lunchroom all alone 

They called her strange, but I could see 

She was just different like me 

So I asked her over 

And she blew me off 

It made perfect sense to me 

'Cause we were the underdogs 

When everyone's above you, there's nowhere you can go 

When nobody calls you, 'cause it's all in who you know 

When the self-righteous say they're for you, telling you to win this fight 

Nobody understands you, no they don't know what it's like 

Freshman year, Judson Tate 

He didn't have a Homecoming date 

He asked me out, we never kissed 

We told each other our big secret 

He said he fell for James 

And James broke his heart 

And I understood him 

'Cause we were the underdogs 

When everyone's above you, there's nowhere you can go 

When nobody calls you, 'cause it's all in who you know 

When the self-righteous say they're for you, telling you to win this fight 

Nobody understands you, no they don't know what it's like 

Senior year, Billy Simms