Eye On the Prize

Eye on The Prize
Ira Walker
Raski Music Publishing ASCAP © 2015
 
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, WE WOULD RUN TO TOWN
AN OLD MAN ALONG THE WAY WOULD GRAB US
SAY SON YOU BETTER SETTLE DOWN
I COULD TELL HOW WISE HE WAS
YOU COULD SEE IT IN HIS EYES
HE TOLD ME THEN SOME DAY
YOU GONNA GROW UP, YOU BETTER REALIZE

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE
THATS' WHAT THAT OLD MAN SAID TO ME

HOW CAN I FORGET THOSE DAYS, FISHING BY THE RIVER
COOKING EVERYTHING WE'D CATCH, BRING IT FOR DINNER
HOW I MISS THOSE DAYS DOWN ON THE BAYOU
WHAT OLD MAN SAID TO ME BACK THEN
TODAY I KNOW IS TRUE

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE
THATS' WHAT THAT OLD MAN SAID TO ME

THERE'S SIMPLE A LESSON-
FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN AND LIVE
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE
BRING SOME JOY IN YOU LIFE

DEALT A HAND & THE CARDS JUST AINT WHAT YOU LKE
PICK `EM UP AGAIN SON AND GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE
LUCK AIN'T LUCK, SAD AIN'T SAD
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHEN YOU SEED THE GROUND DON'T YOU EXPECT
TO REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE
THATS' WHAT THAT OLD MAN SAID TO ME
BRING SOME JOY TO YOU LIFE
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE