The Winner

(album: Airwaves - 1979)

How many times have you heard it before?
You should never have taken the chances
Out on the street you had nothing to lose
But the shirt on your back, it's a gamble

Something just happened inside me
And I'm running as fast as I can
Picking' up pieces
Won't let no one get in my way again

I'm gonna be a winner this time
Gonna be a winner this time
Any way that I choose it
Not gonna lose it again
Gonna be a winner this time
Gonna be a winner

Take all I can, it's been there all along
There's no reason for me to surrender
I feel it coming, been waiting so long
Now I know what it is that I'm after

Something is there I can feel it
Oh, I was too blind to see
Pieces are falling in place
And I know that in time you'll see

Something keeps a-pushing me on
Telling me I gotta be strong
Something's got a hold of my heart again
Telling me I gotta go on

Any way that I choose it (Be a winner this time)
Not gonna lose (Be a winner this time)
Know what I'm after (Be a winner this time)
Near to surrender (Be a winner this time)
Know it's a gamble (Be a winner this time)

(Be a winner this time)
Gonna (Be a winner this time)
(Be a winner this time)
It's a gamble (Be a winner this time)
(Be a winner this time)