What I Almost Was letra

It was my senior year; I'd just turned eighteen.
I was a Friday night hero with division one dreams.
I had an offer on the table; a four year ride,
Till that fourth an' two and twenty-four died.
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 lettin' my dreams go bust,
But now I thank God I ain't what I almost was.

Yeah, I moved on back home an' came awful close,
To bein' some son-in-law to some C.O.
Coulda been a corner office, country club suit-an'-tie man.
Answerin' to no-one but her an' him.
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,
But now I thank God I ain't what I almost was.

:. Instrumental Break .:

In guitar-town, I bought this ol' Epiphone,
Started stringin' chords an' 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 nights,
When the song comes together an' hits 'em just right.
The crowd's on their feet 'cause they can't get enough,
Of this music. I'm making, I love,
An' I thank God I ain't;
Yeah, I thank God I ain't;
An' I thank God I ain't what I almost was.

Eric Church - Letras

• A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young
• Ain't Killed Me Yet
• Before She Does
• Broke Record
• Can't Take It With You
• Carolina
• Chevy Van
• Cold One
• Country Music Jesus
• Creepin'
• Dark Side
• Desperate Man
• Drink In My Hand
• Drowning Man
• Faster Than My Angels Can Fly
• Give Me Back My Hometown
• Guys Like Me
• Hangin' Around
• Heart Like a Wheel
• Hell Of a View
• Hell On The Heart
• Higher Wire
• Hippie Radio
• His Kind Of Money / My Kind Of Love
• Homeboy
• How 'bout You
• Hungover & Hard Up
• I'm Gettin' Stoned
• Jack Daniels
• Jukebox And a Bar
• Keep On
• Kill A Word
• Leave My Willie Alone
• Lightning
• Like A Wrecking Ball
• Like Jesus Does
• Livin' Part Of Life
• Longer Gone
• Lotta Boot Left To Fill
• Love Your Love The Most
• Lovin' Me Anyway
• Loving Me Anyway
• Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
• Michael
• Mistress Named Music
• Mixed Drinks About Feelings
• Monsters
• Mr. Misunderstood
• My Hearts Got A Memory
• Over When It's Over
• Pledge Allegiance To The Hag
• Record Year
• Rock & Roll Found Me
• Roller Coaster Ride
• Sinners Like Me
• Smoke A Little Smoke
• Solid
• Some Of It
• Springsteen
• Stick That In Your Country Song
• Still Standing Their Ground
• Talladega
• That's Damn Rock & Roll
• The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
• The Hard Way
• The Joint
• The Outsiders
• The Snake
• These Boots
• Those I've Loved
• Two Pink Lines
• What I Almost Was
• Where She Told Me To Go
• Without You Here
• Woke Up This Morning
• You Make It Look So Easy
• Young and Wild