The
old man lying in the doorway-he's got sadness in his eyes
for
the child walking down the street with a sweet surprise
...
she got a sweet surprise
the
old man can not stand ; he has not eaten for six days...
and
the child ? yes, she has died-her youth is gone from her face
somebody's
got to be the winner
somebody's
got to be the star
somebody's
got to be the lucky one and be the envy of us all
somebody's
got to be the loser
somebody's
got to take the fall
there
ain't enough of it to go around when everybody wants it
everybody
wants it all
the
young man driving the tan mercedes passes slowly by
looking
for one or more of his ladies-he's got people to satisfy
-meanwhile-
in
the schoolyard we got a rumble-we got babies making war;
and
the home fires are burning the house down cause daddy doesn't
live around here no more
somebody's
got to be the winner
somebody's
got to be the star
somebody's
got to be the lucky one and be the envy of us all
somebody's
got to be the loser
somebody's
got to take the fall
there
ain't enough of it to go around when everybody wants it
everybody
wants it all