The Decemberists Lyrics

4. The Sporting Life

I fell on the playing field 
The work of an errant heel 
The din of the crowd and the loud commotion 
Went deafening silence and stopped emotion 
The season was almost done 
We managed it 12 to 1 
So far I had known no humiliation 
In front of my friends and close relations 

There's my father looking on 
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm 
With the captain of the other team 
And all of this is clear to me 
They condescend and fix on me a frown 
How they love the sporting life 

And father had had such hopes 
For a son who would take the ropes 
And fulfill all his old athletic aspirations 
But apparently now there's some complications 
But while I am lying here 
Trying to fight the tears 
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger 
Though I think I might lie here a little longer 

There's my coach he's looking down 
The disappointment in his knitted brow 
I should've known 
He thinks again 
I never should have put him in 
He turns and loads the lemonade away 
And breathes in deep 
The sporting life 
The sporting life 
The sporting life 
How he loves... 

There's my father looking on 
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm 
With the captain of the other team 
And all of this is clear to me 
They condescend and fix on me a frown 
How they love the sporting life

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