Football was a good call for me ...
there inside my helmet, no one could hear me scream.
And all covered up with tape and pads, if you hit the ground - wasn't all that bad,
yeah, football was a good call for me.
Playin' tennis was too easy - hittin' fuzzy balls was a cinch.
Yeah, I could hit 'em really hard, but I never figured out how to keep 'em inside the fence.
As far as runnin' in track and soccer, well, I could keep up in those sports,
But I was so dog-gone skinny, that I couldn't keep up my shorts.
That's why football was a good call for me.
Brunettes and blonds who spun batons made for super scenery.
And to make 'em feel for certain that a star was born,
I'd just rub a little dirt into my uniform,
yeah, football was a good call for me.
I played basketball like a marsupial because the others guys did, too.
But while I stumbled around like a koala bear, they were jumpin' like kangaroos.
Well, I thought that maybe baseball could be a sport that I could love,
but on the very first day I caught a line-drive, and it was not in my glove ...
that's why football was a good call for me.
Screamin' fans up in the stands drowned out my knockin' knees.
And to keep from windin' up with the ball, I just ran further than the quarterback could throw,
yeah, football was a good call for me.
We had pads on our knees - pads on our hips.
To keep track of our teeth we had a mouth-guard in our lips.
Of course, we had a helmet, and pads on our shoulders ...
and for the protection of future generations, we had a nifty little holder -
that's why football was a good call for me ...
there inside my helmet, no one could hear me scream.
And all covered up with tape and pads, if you hit the ground - it wasn't all that bad,
so when I think about bein' an athlete wanna-be,
yeah, football was a good call for me.