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Walk As If You Won

from Grainy Days by Jon Waterman

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Walk As If You Won

There's an old man on the corner Wearing clothes ragged and worn
Collecting soda cans that people threw away
Some kids rode by him in a car and shouted "Bum, go get a job"
But he just smiled and went about his day
When I asked him how he dealt with people treating him like that
He held his head up high and he said "Son,
if all that you got left is how you look at yourself
You still got to walk as if you won."
You always got to walk as if you won.

There was a woman who'd been hurt. For far too long treated like dirt
By the man that she'd surrendered herself to
For years he bullied her about. Til she was crippled by self-doubt
And then he left her all alone, damaged and blue
And though she'd stayed a faithful wife to the creep who ruined her life,
she says there no use second guessing what she'd done-
cause if all that you got left is how you look at yourself
You still got to walk as if you won.
You always got to walk as if you won.

There was a guy known as a loser, he'd been cheated on and used
He couldn't even give himself an even break
And no matter what the odds he never drew the winning cards
It seemed like everything he did was a mistake
But he wouldn't stoop or bend although by women and by men
He was laughed at and looked down upon and shunned
He said if all that you got left is how you look at yourself
You still got to walk as if you won
You always got to walk as if you won.
You got to keep on walkin like you won.
You always got to walk as if you won.
©2014, 2018 Jon Waterman (ASCAP)

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from Grainy Days, released March 16, 2018
Jon Waterman- Vocal and Guitars
Sean Yadisernia- Drums and Keyboards
Andy Gerard- Bass

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