Written by Dennis DeYoung, Charles Lofrando

Lead vocals by James Young



you've got to be strong

if you're going to make it baby

you've got to stand tall

if you're going to survive



so just take my hand

and I'll show you how to feel alive

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah



winner take all

that's the way I play it

playing my cards as the world goes by

winner take all

that's the way that I get high



you live your own life

always needing someone baby

then I appear to answer your call

together I know

we can ride the highway past them all

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah



winner take all

that's the way I play it

playing my cards as the world goes by

winner take all

that's the way that I get high

high high



winner take all

that's the way I play it

playing my cards as the world goes by

winner take all

that's the way that I get high