Life is a Contact Sport

[couchgrouch]

Life is a Contact SportHe'd looked so proud and handsomeduring the National Anthemlooking to take his school to statehe'd dreamed of being Roger Staubachbut dream has painful drawbacksand he learned that when he felt his shoulder breakcrowds watched him from the sidelinesas they carried him from the fieldbut that wouldn't be the last timethat he'd hafta healcos life is a contact sportyou're not livin' unless you feel itif fate won't give you a chance to playthen you've gotta steal itletting others play our gameis something we can't affordlife is do or die...cos win, lose or tieit's a contact sportyeah, life is a contact sportwell, he hadda have fast reflexesto be a cowboy in west Texascos broncos hurt worse than playin' ballthat ranch's second best wranglerwas a cowgirl from Durangohe was afraid cos he felt his big heart fallthen one night by the horse corralhe took her in his calloused handsthe wind sang around the old brick wellhis doubts vanished in their dusty dancecos life is a contact sportyou're not livin' unless you feel itif fate won't give you a chance to playthen you've gotta steal itletting others play our gameis something we can't affordlife is do or die...cos win, lose or tieit's a contact sportyeah, life is a contact sporthe got his team spirit out of mothballsnow he quarterbacks weekends and she pitches softballthey don't worry about getting hurt sometimescos that's better than living on the sidelinescos life is a contact sportyou're not livin' unless you feel itif fate won't give you a chance to playthen you've gotta steal itletting others play our gameis something we can't affordlife is do or die...cos win, lose or tieit's a contact sportyeah, life is a contact sport(c)2005 Robert George