Ashley AuCoin - The Way It Goes Lyrics

The Way It Goes (Ashley AuCoin/Colin Ingraham)

I’ve said some things I can’t take back,
Wandered many miles off track,
Thought I knew which way to run,
Turns out I was wrong, my son.

I’ve found a dollar, and lost a dime,
Been saved by chance a dozen times,
Sometimes fortune tips her hand,
We carry on the best we can.

We take our chances, roll the dice,
See where they land in this game of life,
You win, you lose — Lord only knows,
That’s just the way it goes.

I’ve given love, and let it go,
Chased the flame and watched it glow,
It fades, returns, it comes, it goes,
That’s just the way that love unfolds.

I’ve seen the storms and felt the sun,
Felt small and lost, then finally won,
Paid the price and faced the cost,
And learned to laugh at what I’ve lost.

We take our chances, roll the dice,
See where they land in this game of life,
You win, you lose — Lord only knows,
That’s just the way it goes.

That’s just the way it goes,
That’s just the way it goes.