I should have known this would be my fate,
There's a lesson to be learned from this
but I learned it much too late,
My teachers tried to tell me "Education is the key",
But all of their advice meant not a blessed thing to me
And I wish I'd taken time to look
Inside the pages of a book
And not planned my whole life around
A round basketball.

(flute instrumental)

I never cared for the academic grind,
I only saw my future in my body not my mind,
Running, dribbling, making freethrows, I was clearly best
When the stats were totalled up, there was no contest
And I never took the time to look
Inside the pages of a book,
Hopelessly devoted to
A round basketball

(Flute instrumental)

My future's now my past, and gone are all the cheers
An injury has made a sudden end to my career
Now I've found a job in line with my ability
Working in the stockroom at the Sports Authority
Regret the time I never took
To learn the wisdom found in books
Instead, my hopes were wrapped around
A round basketball,
Regret the time I never took
To learn the wisdom found in books
Instead, my hopes were wrapped arounf
A round basketball
(More flute to fadeout)