Lyrics

FIRST SECOND CHANCE
(Album: Saints and Poets 2008)

I was ten years old that summer day, and it was my turn to shine
In the batters box, my cap pulled down low, a little league game on the line
That ball blew by like a shooting star, and the umpire called strike three
I thought that my life was over, until Dad took the bat off my shoulder
He smiled and told me “you learn from mistakes, step back up to the plate”

Get ready to try again
There’s always one more spin
Get ready to show that you’ve got it down
When your first second chance comes around

Now my little girl is ten years old, and she’s growing up so fast
She wants to show me how well she can do in her first horse-riding class
Then her horse stumbles, she loses her grip, and tumbles onto the grass
She thinks that her life is over, so we sit on the fence and I hold her
Then I whisper “hang on to the reins, someday you’ll gallop away”

Get ready to try again
There’s always one more spin
Get ready to show that you’ve got it down
When your first second chance comes around

I went for it all, kept my eye on the ball
And finally hit my homerun
Take a father’s advice, chances always come twice
And two tries are better than one

Get ready to try again
There’s always one more spin
Get ready to show that you’ve got it down
When your first second chance comes around
When your first second chance comes around