Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger - 1975
Lyrics

He wants to dream like a young man
With the wisdom of an old man
He wants his home and security
He wants to live like a sailor at sea

Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall
When you realize you just can't have it all

He's your oldest and your best friend
If you need him he'll be there again
He's always willing to be second best
A perfect lodger, a perfect guest

Beautiful loser, read it on the wall
And realize you just don't need it all
You just don't need it all...

He'll never make any enemies, enemies
He won't complain if he's caught in a freeze, no
He'll always ask, he'll always say please

Oh beautiful loser, never take it all
Cause it's easier and faster when you fall
Oh you just don't need it all

More Trivia

Seger took almost a year to write this. He played around with many different arrangements of this until he got it right.

Glenn Frey, a member of the Eagles and a friend of Seger's, was one of the first people Seger played this for. Frey loved it and helped Seger tweak it before it was released.


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