Lyrics:
I fell on the playing fieldthe work of an errant heelthe din of the crowd and the loud commotionwent deafening silence and stopped emotionthe season was almost donewe managed it 12 to 1so far I had known no humiliationin front of my friends and close relationsThere's my father looking onand there's my girlfriend arm in armwith the captain of the other teamand all of this is clear to methey condescend and fix on me a frownhow they love the sporting lifeAnd father had had such hopesfor a son who would take the ropesand fulfill all his old athletic aspirationsbut apparently now there's some complicationsbut while I am lying heretrying to fight the tearsI'll prove to the crowd that I come out strongerthough I think I might lie here a little longerThere's my coach he's looking downthe disappointment in his knitted browI should've knownhe thinks againI never should have put him inhe turns and loads the lemonade awayand breathes in deepthe sporting lifethe sporting lifethe sporting lifehow he loves...There's my father looking onand there's my girlfriend arm in armwith the captain of the other teamand all of this is clear to methey condescend and fix on me a frownhow they love the sporting life