Good Thing

(album: Wilderness - 2020)

Ever since I was ten
It was me and my friends
Playing touch football in the driveway
Yeah we would pretend
It was ten seconds left
Super Bowl hail Mary on the last play
So when that coach said
"You want a scholarship?"
I couldn't help but cry
But after one year
And two surgeries
It wasn't meant to be

Turns out it was a good thing that it didn't work out
'Cause I wouldn't be where I am right now
It's a good thing God closed the door
He wanted to give me so much more
Than I ever wanted
Turns out that he was only getting started
Turning all my pain
And all my broken dreams
Into a good thing

We were high school flames
I planned on changing her name
Having kids and a house down in Denver
But along the way
We start to slipping separate ways
And we just couldn't make it better
I asked God what I did to deserve this
But little did I know he was helping me grow so I could find my person

It was a good thing that it didn't work out
'Cause I wouldn't be where I am right now
It's a good thing God closed the door
He wanted to give me so much more
Than I ever wanted
Turns out that he was only getting started
Turning all my pain
And all my broken dreams
Into a good thing
Oh, into a good thing

I had to hang up my cleats
And she broke my heart
What I thought was the end
Was just the start
I never got that job
So picked up that guitar
Moved to Tennessee
To write some songs
It was a good thing (it was a good thing, it was a good thing)
Ooh, it was a good thing (it was a good thing)
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah

Turns out it was a good thing that it didn't work out
'Cause I wouldn't be where I am right now
It's a good thing God closed the door
He wanted to give me so much more
Than I ever wanted
Turns out that he was only getting started
Turning all my pain
And all my broken dreams
Into a good thing
Mmm, into a good thing