Country Music Lyrics

What I almost Was

What I almost was - Eric Church

It was my senior year, I just turned 18
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 died

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 lettin' 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 bein' some son-in-law to some ceo
Coulda been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man
Answerin' to noone
Ha ha, but her and him

I ran out on his money, ran out on her love
At 4 in the mornin' I loaded my truck
I left my hometown 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 been puttin' in time on 16th avenue
Pourin' out my heart for tips on a stool

I ain't makin' a killin' but then there's those times
when the song comes together and hits 'em just right
The crowd's on their feet cause they can't get enough
Of the 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