Almost There

I almost played for the Mets, second base

I got as close as you can

I could feel I could hit

I could feel this was it till it wasn't

Taught me to grow up

I was almost there on the baseball field

In the open air with my future sealed

It was almost real like a dream you feel

When you wake up the moment it's playing

I was almost there, but now no one believes what I'm saying

That's wrong, my daughter believes how it was

And she's the first on the field

But my son can't enjoy playing ball

Not my boy, he's confusing

I still don't know him

Jimmy's almost there but he's almost not

Like a name you knew and then soon forgot

Jimmy's almost lost in a made-up world

And I wish he would listen to reason

Jimmy's almost there but he's there

When the team is off-season

So time goes by, I try and try

And still I seem to never quite

Can't seem to ever get it right

I never seem to ever get it right

So now it's carpools and work, day to day

I push my dreams to the side

Got my kids, got my wife, my agreeable life

And I'm almost there though I almost fail

I can breathe it in but I don't exhale

He's a boy who needs what I can't supply

So I do what I know how to do

Spending almost time

Being almost where

Doing almost not

Giving almost care

I've been almost there

But is that all that I've got?