Jim gives us prompts of Cards/Dice/Gamble/Lose/Win. First thought was Kenny Rogers The Gambler. However another partial lyric popped into my head and I went on the hunt to find it. I knew “I’m winning” was in the song somewhere.
I hummed along. Da da dada da da what I thought was love that must’ve been lust … Then I blanked.
I had a very general recollection. That one line … what I thought was love that must’ve been lust. Was it Joe Walsh or Jackson Brown? As I waded through You Tube, I found a surprising number of “winning” songs. Can’t you just see Rocky running up those steps? Gonna fly now! Or maybe that’ll be next week 😉
I kept going; enjoying myself. Then finally, wah la, “Winning” by Russ Ballard from the 1976 album of the same name came into my search. Victory is mine! LOL. Hope you enjoy.
Writer(s): Russell Glyn Ballard
When I needed a hand
And it couldn’t be found
I was so far down
That I couldn’t get up
You know and
One day I was one of life’s losers
Even my friends were my ac-cus-ers
And in my head
Lost before I’d begunI had a dream
But it turned to dust
What I thought was love
That must have been lust
I was living in style
When the walls fell in
When I played my hand
I looked like a joker
Turn around
Fate must have woke her
‘Cause lady luck she was
Waiting outside the door[Chorus:]I’m winning
I’m winning
I’m winning
And I don’t intend on losing againToo bad it belonged to me
It was the wrong time
And not meant to be
It took a long time
And I knew for now
I can see the day
That I breath for
Friends agree there’s a need
To play the game
And to win again[Chorus:]
[repeat first line 5x’s]
[repeat last line 4x’s][Repeat Verse II][Chorus:]
[repeat first line 5x’s]
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That was a new one to me but I really liked it! 🙂 Thanks for sharing Jilly 💕
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I am glad you liked it 🙂
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WOOOOW! Haven’t thought about this song in DECADES!! Still sounds amazing! Thanks for bringing it back! 👍👍👍
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Glad you knew of it and enjoyed it. It’s classic 70s to me.
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Can’t say I’ve ever heard this one before. Good song for ‘winning’ 🙂
I can go off on a long search for a song from just a snippet of a phrase, or a tune in my head. Sometimes I find it! 🙂
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I love this song! It is so uplifting!
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So glad you enjoyed it!
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New one to me. Very enjoyable. Thank you Jilly Beans!
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Glad you liked it!
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Oh cool! I was certain I had never heard of him or that song — until I played the video.
I can get on that kind of tangent too, Jill, determined to find something. Well done! Hugs.
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Santana covered this song and it hit bill board charts in the early 80s. Sounds the same to me but I wanted to make sure to credit the original.
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Nice song. I hadn’t heard it before.
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Glad you liked it.
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I have no memory of this song at all. Of course, given the year, I am not at all surprised as my life was in a bit of an upheaval at that time. Good detective work!
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I wonder what we did before Google and You Tube. The detective work was much harder back in the day.
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Thanks for sharing this lovely song Jilly Beans. I love your write up and it could have worked as a Stream of Consciousness Saturday with your search to find this song.
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Music 🎼 can be very Stream of Consciousness. Glad you liked it.
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I always like the way you let your mind wonder.
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