(Dennis DeYoung, Charles Lofrando)
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