Kenny Starr - The Blind Man In The Bleachers lyrics

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He's just the blind man in the bleachers<br />

To the local home town fans<br />

And he sits beneath the speakers<br />

Way back in the stands<br />

And he listens to the play by play<br />

He's just waiting for one name<br />

He wants to hear his son get in the game<br />

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But the boys not just a hero<br />

He's strictly second team<br />

Tho he runs each night for touchdowns<br />

In his fathers sweetest dreams<br />

He's gonna be a star some day<br />

Tho you might never tell<br />

But the blind man in the bleachers knows he will<br />

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And the last game of the season is a Friday night at home<br />

And no one knows the reason but the blind man didn't come<br />

And his boy looks kinda nervous<br />

Sometimes turns around and stares<br />

Just as tho he sees the old man sittin there<br />

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The local boys are tryin but they slowly lose their will<br />

Another players down and now<br />

He's carried from the field<br />

At halftime in the locker room<br />

The kid goes off alone<br />

And no one sees him talkin on the phone<br />

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The games already started<br />

When he gets back to the team<br />

And half the crowd can hear his coach yell<br />

Where the hell you been?<br />

Just gettin ready for the second half, <br />

Is all hell say<br />

Cause now you're gonna let me in to play.<br />

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Without another word, he turns and runs into the game<br />

And through the silence on the field<br />

Loudspeakers call his name<br />

It'll make the local papers<br />

How the team came from behind<br />

When they saw him playin his heart to win<br />

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And when the game was over<br />

The coach asked him to tell<br />

What was it he was thinkin of<br />

That made him play so well<br />

You knew my dad was blind, he said<br />

Tonight he passed away<br />

It's the first time that my fathers seen me play