Good Thing

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 the 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 thought I wanted
Turns out that he was only getting started
And 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 started sleeping 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 thought I wanted
Turns out that he was only getting started
And 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)
Hmm, 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 thought I wanted
Turns out that he was only getting started
And turning all my pain
And all my broken dreams into a good thing
Hmm, into a good thing, hmm