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