Michael Jerling

Why They Run The Race

From the album Crooked Path

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Why They Run the Race ©2005  Michael Jerling


Well it’s Boomtown or Bust
In the dollar we trust. but that’s nothin’ new
Now he thinks he’s Diamond Jim
And the odds don’t apply to him

The wind on your shoulders 
And a feeling in your gut
That this time it will be different
That this time you’ll double up
And the last shall be first
And the favorite shall place
And that’s why they run the race

Well you count me out ‘cause you won’t see
There’s a winner’s heart inside of me
If this wheel of fate would just stand still
If these legs could fly and they will

The wind on my shoulders 
And a feeling in my blood
That this time it will be different
That this time I’ll make a run
And the last shall be first
With the sun bright in my face
And that’s why they run the race

Now it’s Boomtown or Bust
In the dollar we trust, but that’s nothin’ new
If this wheel of fate could just stand still
If these streets could sing and they will

The wind on your shoulders
And a feeling in your gut
That this time it will be different
That this time you’ll make the cut
And the last shall be first 
With the sun bright in your face
And that’s why they run
And that’s why they run
And that’s why they run the race 

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