Run for the Roses - Dennis De Young

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 it’s the people that we treasure

The moments we define

That gives us every reason

To cross the finish 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 find 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 flows between us

That matters in the end

Every day we run for the roses

Every passing hour we reach for victory

But when the final 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 sacrificed 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 final bridge is crossed

Where it all remains the greatest mystery

Oh oh still we run for the roses

Oh oh we run

Oh oh we run for the roses

Oh oh we run

Oh oh we run for the roses

We run