Stan Rogers - Front Runner lyrics

Well was it nine years or ten Since you last saw this friend? Why it seems like there's no time at all. There weren't enough changes To make him a stranger 'Cause we both had old good times to recall. Now he was worn out with walkin' So he sat there not talkin' But smiled when our eyes chanced to meet. Then I mentioned the past Then he spoke up at last Shook his head and laid his world at my feet. And he said I been a frontrunner I've been richer than most men you'll see. I've been mighty now I'm broken Proud of word now soft-spoken All seein' now I'm blind as can be. Now there are men who don't lose Who take whatever they chose And become what they set out to be. And other men who set the pace But in the end lose the race And old buddy you know that man is me. Oh you know I could not feel sorry Though it was such a sad story That I felt so much I thought I might break Each man follows his fancy Knows the odds and takes the chances And in the end gets whatever he pays Well so it was with my old friend Who followed his own end And was worn like the holes in his shoes And neither wisdom or cunning Could slow the pace or change the running Of a race he always knew he would lose. And he said I been a frontrunner I've been richer than most men you'll see. I've been mighty now I'm broken Proud of word now soft-spoken All seein' now I'm blind as can be. Now there are men who don't lose Who take whatever they chose And become what they set out to be. And other men who set the pace But in the end lose the race And old buddy you know that man is me.