(Track #10 from Home Town)

Don’t Sit on the Sidelines

By Frank Meyer

Verse 1

Sittin’ in the classroom, Bill stares at Kim

Wonderin’ if she would go out with him

“She likes someone else. How could she like me?”

Bill’s head won’t let his heart check and see.

Chorus

So, come on, take a chance

Take a shot at romance

You might be first, you might be last

Don’t sit on the sidelines, the game goes by so fast.

Instrumental

Verse 2

There in the lunchroom three tables away

Kim’s with her friends as she glances Bill’s way

“He likes someone else. How could he like me?”

With him at the dance is where she’d like to be.

Chorus

Bridge

Not tryin’ and losin’, well, they both bring you pain

But when you lose, you’ve got something to gain

Losin’ sets you free, it lets you move on again

Not tryin’ merely leaves you wonderin’ what might have been.

Chorus

Instrumental

Verse 3

The dance rolls around and Kim is sittin at home

Talkin’ with her best friend on the telephone

“He likes someone else. How could he like me?”

Bill roams the streets wishin’ he wasn’t free.

Chorus

©1993 Frank Meyer