It was just like_  strapping 'em on_  and starting again__       Coaching these_ kids to the top_  and calling them_  men_   I was a third_ round_ pick in_ the NHL_ And that's three years of living in hell_ And going up_ fly___i-i-ing_  and going home dy____  -i  -ing____             My life_  was over the boards_    and playing the game__ And every day_  checking the pa_-pers_  and finding my name_   And dad would go crazy when the scouts would_ call_ He'd tell me that I'd have it all_ Ninety nine of us try___ -i-i-ing_ only one of us fly____      -i  -ing____          And every kid over the boards listens for the sound_   The roar of the crowd is their ticket for finally leaving this town_ To be just one more hopeful in the Junior A_ Dreaming of that miracle play_ And going up_ fly___i-i-ing_ and going home dy____    -i  -ing____ I tell them_ to think of the playing_  and not of the fame__ If they've got_ any future at all_ it's_ not in the game__ 'Cause they'll be crippled and_ starting all_ over again_ Selling on commissions_ and remembering_ When they were fly___i-i-ing_ remembering dy____    -i  -ing____ And every kid over the boards listens for the sound_   The roar of the crowd is their ticket for finally leaving this town_ To be just one more hopeful in the Junior A_ Dreaming of that miracle play_ And going up_ fly___i-i-ing_ and going home dy____    -i  -ing____       And every kid over the boards listens for the sound_ The roar of the crowd is their ticket for finally leaving this town_ To be just one more hopeful in the Junior A_ Dreaming of that miracle play_ And going up_ fly___i-i-ing_ and going home dy____    -i  -ing____