The Losing Part - Tom Paxton

You can climb a whole lot of stairs when your legs are younger

You can get along on nothing when you’re making a start

You can eat brown rice and hope with time on your side

Ah but it gets much harder when you get to the losing part

When it never came true never happened to you

It just slowly faded away ‘til it broke your heart

Some dreams die harder some are living yet

Sooner or later you get to the losing part

And there’s a whole lot of fish in the sea when you first start fishing

You’re gonna take your time in choosing you’re gonna be smart

And there ain’t no need to hurry when you looking ‘em over

But it’s time to worry when you get to the losing part

When it never came true never happened to you

It just slowly faded away ‘til it broke your heart

Some dreams die harder some are living yet

Sooner or later you get to the losing part

When it never came true never happened to you

It just slowly faded away ‘til it broke your heart

Some dreams die harder some are living yet

Sooner or later you get to the losing part

You think that love’s forever when you’re a beginner

Just one love for life and a constant heart

And you’re so sure that love’s made you a winner

Right up to the day when you get to the losing part

When it never came true never happened to you

It just slowly faded away ‘til it broke your heart

Some dreams die harder some are living yet

Sooner or later you get to the losing part

Sooner or later you get to the losing part