What I Almost Was

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch Walked on that next summer Wound up gettin' cut I flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust For letting my dreams go bust But now I thank God I ain't what I almost was [Verse 2] Yeah, I moved on back home And came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO Could've been a corner office, country club, suit-and-tie man Answerin' to no one, but her and him [Chorus] I ran out on his money, ran out on her love At four in the mornin' 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 [Verse 3] In Guitar Town I bought this old Epiphone Started stringin' chords and words into songs I've been puttin' in time on 16th Avenue Pourin' out my heart for tips on a stool [Chorus] I ain't making a killin', but then there's those nights When the song comes together and hits 'em just right The crowd's 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