Quarterback

friday night the lights are high but i quit that sport last spring i guess i found the talk is cheap and the grass ain't always green oh i'll never be top of the class or the homecoming queen even though i did it all right i still can't sleep i'll never be the quarterback this or that kissing emily i'll never be one night stan shake your hand climb the ladder to be i guess i have always been the same damn kid who knows how to play the game but on nights i lay alone i wonder if there's more saturday spring break and the boys are getting rowdy i guess that's the way these things go but i don't feel like no party oh I'll never star on the movie screen be the life of the party the top of the heap while everyone around me seems to think i'm living my dream i'll never be the quarterback this or that kissing emily i'll never be one night stan shake your hand climb the ladder to be i guess i have always been the same damn kid who knows how to play the game but on nights i lay alone i wonder if there's more there's gotta be more than awards and home runs hit more than being everyone's favorite more than dating the girl next door oh lord i hope there's more gotta be more than the college i didn't get in more than the shadow of my parents more than the days i've spent pretending that i coulda been more than the quarterback this or that kissing emily i'll never be one night stan shake your hand climb the ladder to be guess i have always been the same damn kid who knows how to play that game but on nights i lay alone oh now every night i lay on my own and wonder if i coulda been more