The Greatest Prize lyrics

[MARK]
Turning seventeen again was like a total dream
A second shot to be the greatest player on the team
Held that trophy in my hand, something happened so unplanned
I never tried to understand if there was something more

[OLDER MIKE]
And now that dream is fading as I face the painful truth
This transformation wasn't cause to just relive my youth
I was selfish, I was blind, claiming life left me behind
I needed something to remind me what I'm living for

[MARK & OLDER MIKE]
And now I realize the greatest prize
Has been there all along
I realize the greatest prize
Is why I must be strong
My wife and kids, they need me
They so are worth the fight
Now I realize they're the greatest prize
So it's time to set things right

[OLDER MIKE]
I took for granted those I loved
Would be there everyday
[MARK]
But now they're slipping through my hands
Like sand slipping away

[OLDER MIKE]
Need to show them how I feel

[MARK]
Show them that my love is real

[OLDER MIKE]
Yes, that is why this whole ordeal is happening to me

[MARK]
Gotta make my family see

[MARK & OLDER MIKE]
That I realize the greatest prize
Is being by their side
I realize the greatest prize
Is something I've denied
Together we are better
Than when we're on our own
Now I realize they're the greatest prize
I could have ever known
[MARK, OLDER MIKE, MARK & OLDER MIKE]
Wasted years I dreamed of some new setting
Wasted years that I dreamed
Filled with fame and fortune and acclaim
Fortune and acclaim
I'm so done lamenting and regretting
Lamenting it's time
Now it's time to play a brand new game
It's a brand new day

[MARK & OLDER MIKE]
Oh, I realize the greatest prize
Is only mine to lose
I realize that happiness
Is something I must choose
And from this moment onward
I'm answering the call
'Cause I realize they're the greatest prize
After all