THE UMPIRE GOT SICK
SO HE SAID
HE'D GIVE IT A TRY
SO THERE WAS MY DAD
CALLING THEM BALLS
AND STRIKES
I CAN STILL HEAR
THE CRACK OF THAT BAT
I'D NEVER GOT A HOLD
OF ONE LIKE THAT
I WAS ROUNDIN' SECOND
WHEN THE THIRD BASE
COACH
TOOK A BIG CHANCE
AND WAVED ME HOME
I'M PRETTY SURE
THE BALL TOUCHED ME
BEFORE I TOUCHED
THE PLATE
BUT WHEN IT'S YOUR DAD
THAT'S A HARD CALL
TO MAKE
FOR THE MOST PART
I THINK I MADE HIM
PROUD
BUT THERE WAS
ONE NIGHT
I KNOW I LET HIM DOWN
I HAD KNOWN THEM BOYS
ALL MY LIFE
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
BETTER THAN
TO TAKE THAT RIDE
THE COUNTY SHERIFF
WAS A FRIEND
OF HIS
SAID THAT'S WHY
HE WAS BRINGING ME IN
HE HANDED ME
THE PHONE
SAID SORRY SON
EVERYBODY
MAKES MISTAKES
BUT WHEN IT'S
YOUR DAD
THAT'S A HARD CALL
TO MAKE
IT'S NOT AS EASY
AS WRONG OR RIGHT
IT AIN'T ALWAYS
BLACK AND WHITE
LIFE'S A THOUSAND
SHADES
OF GRAY
HE HAD A PLAN
FOR JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING
AND HE MADE IT KNOWN
THAT IF THIS DAY
EVER CAME
THAT HE HAD LIVED
A GOOD LONG LIFE
AND HE HAD ALWAYS
FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
SO WHEN THE DOCTOR
SAID
IT'S UP TO YOU
I KNEW WHAT I
HAD TO DO
I READ THE FORM
PICKED UP THE PEN
AND MY HAND
BEGAN TO SHAKE
'CAUSE WHEN IT'S
YOUR DAD
THAT'S A HARD CALL
TO MAKE
IT'S NOT AS EASY
AS WRONG OR RIGHT
IT AIN'T ALWAYS
BLACK AND WHITE
LIFE'S A THOUSAND
SHADES
OF GRAY