Races

Glen Hansard · Rhythm And Repose [2012]

If I win some races

That don't mean I'm fastest

And it don't mean I'm better

Than anyone



If I ride some horses

With great speed over courses

It's just 'cause you ain't here

For me at the line



'Cause for you I could win

For you I could trust myself

For you I could throw with abandon

Old glories, all fame to the wind

'Cause I never left you

And you never let me go

Oh



And if I can have the glory

I'd give it up gladly

Oh how we sucked in the limelight

And left best friends behind



Will you come walk beside me

To the end of this story

And I'll let you go gently

Among your own kind, oh



'Cause for you I could win

For you I could trust myself

For you I could throw with abandon

Old glories, all fame to the wind

'Cause I never left you

And you never let me go

Oh



For you I will win

For you I will trust myself

For you I should throw with abandon

Old glories and everything to the wind



'Cause I never left you

And you never let me go

And I never left you

And you never let me go