Written by: Don Costa
Arranged By: Gordon Jenkins
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: September 10, 1981
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I know there were a hundred ways
to tell her I loved her
It's funny how they're all so
clear today
And when her face was burning
with sadness and yearning
I don't know why I turned my
eyes away
But it's so easy looking at the
game the morning after
Adding up the kisses and the
laughter
Knowing how you'd play it if the
chance to play it over ever came
But then, a Monday morning
quarterback never lost a game
The room was so alive with all
her feelings and longings
I saw the spark of danger in her
eyes
Well, how would it have hurt me
if I'd turned back and held her?
A moment passes, something
lovely dies
But it's so easy looking at the
game the morning after
Adding up the kisses and the
laughter
Knowing how you'd play it if the
chance to play it over ever came
But then, a Monday morning quarterback never lost a game
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horns-first two lines of chorus>
Yes, it's easier to win it when
you know you'd never play it quite the same
But then, this Monday morning quarterback never lost a game