What I Almost Was Lyrics - Eric Church

1 It was my senior year

2 I just turned eighteen

3 I was a friday night hero, with division one dreams

4 I had an offer on the table

5 A four year ride

6 'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive

7 I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch

8 Walked on that next summer

9 Wound up getting cut

10 Flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust

11 For letting my dreams go bust

12 But I thank God I ain't what I almost was

13 Yea, I moved on back home

14 And came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO

15 Coulda been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man

16 Answerin' to no one, but her and him

17 I ran out on his money, ran out on her love

18 At four in the morning I loaded my truck

19 I left my home town in a big cloud of dust

20 I just had to follow my gut

21 And I thank God I ain't what I almost was

22 In guitar town I bought this old Epiphone

23 Started stringin' chords and words into songs

24 I've been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue

25 Pouring out my heart for tips on a stool

26 I ain't making a killing, but then theres those nights

27 When the song comes together and hits them just right

28 The crowds on their feet cause they can't get enough

29 Of this music I make and I love

30 And I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't

31 Yea I thank God I ain't, what I almost was