Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song What I Almost Was, artist - Eric Church.
Date of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Capitol Records Nashville
Song language: English
What I Almost Was |
It was my senior year |
I just turned eighteen |
I was a Friday night hero, with division one dreams |
I had an offer on the table |
A four year ride |
'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive |
I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch |
Walked on that next summer |
Wound up getting cut |
I flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust |
For letting my dreams go bust |
But I thank God I ain’t what I almost was |
Yeah, I moved on back home |
And came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO |
Could a been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man |
Answering' to no one, but her and him |
I ran out on his money, ran out on her love |
At four in the morning I loaded my truck |
I left my home town in a big cloud of dust |
I just had to follow my gut |
And I thank God I ain’t what I almost was |
In guitar town I bought this old epiphone |
Started stringin' chords and words into songs |
I’ve been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue |
Pouring out my heart for tips on a stool |
I ain’t making a killing, but then there’s those nights |
When the song comes together and hits 'em just right |
The crowds on their feet cause they can’t get enough |
Of this music I make and I love |
And I thank God I ain’t, yeah I thank God I ain’t |
Man I thank God I ain’t, what I almost was |