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Taking The Inside Rail

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Taking The Inside Rail

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Did you ever have a dream that you were running?Where the ground is like a wheel beneath your feet?And no matter how you tried you just weren't movingIn whatever race you're running you'd be beat?In whatever race you're running you'd be beat?They tell me I'm a loserI'm a hopeless freakI look kind of funny and my little legs are weakThe wrong side of the blanketThe wrong side of the trackI hear the accusations when they talk behind my backAll the money is on the favoriteI don't get a second glanceI'm not even in the running here with an outside chanceAnd then I see your lovely faceStand up and I'm back in the raceNothing is going to stop meI wasn't born to failI'm taking the inside railAll the odds against meIn the two horse raceIf I stand up they push me back down flat on my faceThey tell me it's impossibleIt's just the way I'm bredAnd get these crazy notions right out of my headAll the money's on the favoriteI don't get a second glanceI'm not even in the running here with an outside chanceAnd then I see your lovely facePay no attention to the odds I faceI'm running from the outsideI wasn't born to failI'm taking the inside railLast night I had a different dreamI chased the moon's reflection in a running streamWhile all the stars in heavenWere standing there so stillI just keep on running and I'm half way up the hillI see the crowd and the finish lineI see the day when the prize is mineIt maybe crazy the dream that I swearThe clouds are all behind meThe wind's in my hairAnd then I see your lovely facePay no attention to the odds I faceI'm running from the outsideI wasn't born to failI'm taking the inside rail
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