Dennis DeYoung - Run for the Roses Lyrics

RUN FOR THE ROSES
Seems like everyone I know
Longs for the good life
The smell of sweet success
That they call happiness
We keep our score with notches on our
silver belts but torn
And tattered sleeves can hide nobilities
but its the people that we treasure the
moments we defi ne that gives us every
reason to cross the fi nish line
Every day we run for the roses
Every passing hour we reach for victory
But when we count up all the gold
Well it's the same old story told
On the last page we will fi nd our legacy
oh oh we run for the roses

Every day I rise to hear the voices telling
me don't be the runner up go claim the
loving cup so I keep on moving on the
only way I know charging straight ahead
just like a thoroughbred but it's the riches
that we share with family and friends the
love that fl ows between us that matters
in the end
Every day we run for the roses
Every passing hour we reach for victory
But when the fi nal vote is cast and we
see ourselves at last we pray we like the
portrait that we see oh oh we run for the
roses. Oh oh we run
I knew a man whose only goal was fame
and fortune there in the spotlight's glow
he sacrifi ced his soul so he found himself
alone without what matters most and
that's the love he sought not the battles
fought somewhere east of eden there at
journey's end it's love alone that saves
us I promise you my friend
Every day we run for the roses
Every passing hour we reach for victory
Into this world we're tossed
Till the fi nal bridge is crossed
Where it all remains the greatest mystery
still we run for the roses we run