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That 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__ chan_-ges_
To make him_ a stran ger_
'Cause we both_ had_ old_ good times__ to re call__ _
Now he was worn out_ with walkin' _
So he sat there_ not_ tal_-kin' _
But smiled_ when__ our eyes chanced__ to me et_
Then I_ mentioned the past_
Then he spoke up_ at last_
Shook his head_ and laid his world_ at my feet__
He s aid:_ I _ be en__ a front_-ru nner_
I've been_ richer__ than_ most_ men__ you'| _ll see_| _____
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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__ cho_-o-ose_
And be come 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_
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Oh_ you know I_ could not_ feel sorry_
Though it was such a sad_ sto-o-ry_
That I felt so_ much_ I thought_ I_ might_ brea-ak_
Each man follows__ his fancies_
Knows the odds_ and takes the chances_
And in the end_ gets what_- ever_ he ta-a-akes_
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 chan_-ge the running_
Of a race_ he always knew_ he would lose_
He s aid:_ I _ be en__ a front_-ru nner_
I've been_ richer__ than_ most_ men__ you'| _ll see_| _____
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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__ cho_-o-ose_
And be come 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_
