Run For The Roses

by Dan Fogelberg

from the album "The Innocent Age"

Full Moon/Epic 1981

 

 

 

Born in the valley

And raised in the trees

Of Western Kentucky

On wobbly knees

With mama beside you

To help you along

You'll soon be a growing up strong.

 

All the long, lazy mornings

In pastures of green

The sun on your withers

The wind in your mane

Could never prepare you

For what lies ahead

The run for the roses so red --

 

And it's run for the roses

As fast as you can

Your fate is delivered

Your moment's at hand

It's the chance of a lifetime

In a lifetime of chance

And it's high time you joined

In the dance

It's high time you joined

In the dance --

 

From sire to sire

It's born in the blood

The fire of a mare

And the strength of a stud

It's breeding and it's training

And it's something unknown

That drives you and carries

You home.

 

And it's run for the roses

As fast as you can

Your fate is delivered

Your moment's at hand

It's the chance of a lifetime

In a lifetime of chance

And it's high time you joined

In the dance

It's high time you joined

In the dance --

 

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