David Geddes The Last Game Of The Season (a Blind Man In The Bleachers) Lyrics

The Last Game Of The Season (a Blind Man In The Bleachers) Lyrics

THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON (A BLIND MAN IN THE BLEACHERS)

 David Geddes

 

 He's just the blind man in the bleachers

 To the local home town fans

 And he sits beneath the speakers

 Way back in the stands

 And he listens to the play by play

 He's just waiting for one name

 He wants to hear his son get in the game

 

 But the boy's not just a hero

 He's strictly second team

 Tho he runs each night for touchdowns

 In his father's sweetest dreams

 He's gonna be a star some day

 Tho you might never tell

 But the blind man in the bleachers knows he will

 

 And the last game of the season is a Friday night at home

 And no one knows the reason but the blind man didn't come

 And his boy looks kinda nervous

 Sometimes turns around and stares

 Just as tho' he sees the old man sittin' there

 

 The local boys are tryin' but they slowly lose their will

 Another player's down and now

 He's carried from the field

 At halftime in the locker room

 The kid goes off alone

 And no one sees him talkin' on the phone

 

 The game's already started

 When he gets back to the team

 And half the crowd can hear his coach yell

 "Where the hell you been?"

 "Just gettin' ready for the second half,"

 Is all he'll say

 "Cause now you're gonna let me in to play."

 

 Without another word, he turns and runs into the game

 And through the silence on the field

 Loudspeakers call his name

 It'll make the local papers

 How the team came from behind

 When they saw him playin' his heart to win

 

 And when the game was over

 The coach asked him to tell

 What was it he was thinkin' of

 That made him play so well

 "You knew my dad was blind," he said

 "Tonight he passed away"

 "It's the first time that my father's seen me play