IF I HADN'T DROPPED
THE BALL
I WOULD'VE TOOK IT
ALL THE WAY
HOMECOMIN'
EIGHTY-NINE
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
WELL 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 GETTIN'
IS SOMETHIN'
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 GETTIN'
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