Sometimes You Lose Before You Win

If you try to run, before you crawl

As sure as hell, you're gonna fall

So take your time, to breathe again

Just let it out, and let it in

Your life can be a merry go round and round

Before you know you're back to where you start again

So let it out, and let in

You're gonna fall with the grace of a cannonball

You're gonna rise like the tide above it all

You gotta play, play your hand, or die where you stand

Sometimes you fail before you begin

Sometimes you lose before you win, yeah

You gotta try to live your life

A quarter mile at a time

Hear the starting gun and you begin

To let it out, and let in

You're gonna run like the river runs deep

You're gonna blow like the wind, wind of change

You gotta find, find the spark that lights up the dark

Sometimes you fail before you begin

Sometimes you lose before you win, yeah, c'mon

You gotta play, play your hand, or die where you stand

Sometimes you fail before you begin

And sometimes you lose before you win

You're gonna run like the river runs deep

You're gonna blow like the wind, wind of change

You gotta find, find the spark that lights up the dark

Sometimes you fail before you begin

Sometimes you lose before you win

Yeah, sometimes you lose before you win