If you start at the top,
You're certain to drop,
You gotta watch your timing,
Better begin by climbing,
Up, up, up the ladder,
If you're going to last,
You can't make it fast man,
Nobody starts a winner,
Gimme a slow beginner,
Easy does it my friend,
Conserve your fine endurance,
Easy does it my friend,
Or thats your life insurance,
While you are young,
Take it rung, after rung, after rung.
It's not where you start,
It's where you finish.
It's not how go,
It's how you land,
That hundred to one shot,
The one whose a klutz,
Can out run the favourite
All he needs is the guts.
Your final return will not diminish,
And you can be the cream of the crop,
It's not where you start,
It's where you finish,
And you're going to finish on top.
It's not where you start,
It's where you finish (thats right)
It's not where you where it's where you are
(It's not where you are) you're stuck in the mail room,
Just gathering moss, then pow comes the memo that you now are the boss
Supposing that you ear is kind of tinish,
Let everybody cringe when you croon,
It's not where you start it's where you finish,
And you're going to finish in tune.
It's not where you start,
It's where you finish,
And you're gonna finish on top.